vulnerary

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (“‘wound’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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

vulnerary (comparative more vulnerary, superlative most vulnerary)

1. Useful or used for healing wounds; healing, curative.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulnerary remedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that [...] there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 422 (footnote):

     Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus.

2. (archaic) (rare) Causing wounds, wounding.

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

vulnerary (plural vulneraries)

1. A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.

[edit] See also

• vulnerable