vulnerary

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (wound).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvʌl.nəɹ.əɹ.i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/
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Adjective

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vulnerary (comparative more vulnerary, superlative most vulnerary)

  1. Useful or used for healing wounds; curative, healing.
  2. (archaic, rare) Causing wounds; wounding.

Usage notes

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  • Restricted in modern use primarily to works on ethnobotany and traditional medicine.

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Noun

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vulnerary (plural vulneraries)

  1. A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.
    • 1757, John Rutty, A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, Comprehending the Most Celebrated Medicinal Waters, both Cold and Hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World, London: Printed for William Johnston, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard, →OCLC, page 494:
      On the ſurface of the water there floats a liquid bitumen, although it be every day ſcummed off, as it doth on the lake Aſphaltites in Judæa: The Inhabitants uſe it as pitch: it is alſo found to be an excellent vulnerary, and good in curing old cacoethic and ſcrophulous ulcers.

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