pustulant

English

Etymology

From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb).

Adjective

pustulant (comparative more pustulant, superlative most pustulant)

  1. (medicine) Producing, or covered in, pustules.

Noun

pustulant (plural pustulants)

  1. (medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.
    Croton oil is a pustulant.

References

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