Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of cantharides; composed of or treated with cantharidin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
cantharides .
Etymologies
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cantharide + -al
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Examples
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He had for some time past suffered from excessive cerebro-spinal irritability, for the relief of which cantharidal collodion had been employed in the cervico-spinal region (the same had also been used in the hepatic region, to meet the diagnostic views of some one of his medical attendants).
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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The young and tender leaves are used in the Philippines as a protective dressing for ulcers, dermatitis, burns and cantharidal or other artificial blisters.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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