vesicate (redirected from vesicatories)

ves·i·cate  (vs-kt)

tr. & intr.v. ves·i·cat·ed, ves·i·cat·ing, ves·i·cates

To blister or become blistered.

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[New Latin vscre, vsct-, from Latin vsca, bladder, blister.]

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vesi·cation n.

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vesicate [ˈvɛsɪˌkeɪt]

vb

(Medicine / Pathology) to blister

[from New Latin vēsīcāre to blister; see vesica]

vesication  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" blister swell up, tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" blister - cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"