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.
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Vulnerary
//ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "vulnerary" (18 found)
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7 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- лекуващ рани adj (useful or used for healing wounds)
- причиняващ рани adj (causing wounds — see also wounding)
Czech
1 entries- hojivý adj (useful or used for healing wounds)
Finnish
1 entries- parantava adj (useful or used for healing wounds)
French
3 entries- vulnéraire adj (useful or used for healing wounds)
- vulnéraire adj (causing wounds — see also wounding)
- vulnéraire noun (healing drug)
Sample sentences
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Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus.
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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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