discutient

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin discutiens, present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Adjective

discutient (comparative more discutient, superlative most discutient)

1. (medicine) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.

   a discutient application

Noun

discutient (plural discutients)

1. An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
   • (Can we date this quote by Wiseman and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Foment with discutients.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “discutient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) discutient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of discutiō