Vulnerary Definition

vŭlnə-rĕrē
vulneraries
adjective
Used for healing wounds.
Webster's New World
noun
Any vulnerary drug, plant, etc.
Webster's New World
A remedy used in healing or treating wounds.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Vulnerary

Noun

Singular:
vulnerary
Plural:
vulneraries

Origin of Vulnerary

  • Latin vulnerārius from vulnus vulner- wound vulnerable

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (“wound").

    From Wiktionary

Vulnerary Sentence Examples

  • The plant contains allantoin (Todd 1967, Forrest 1982), to which the vulnerary properties of the plant have been ascribed.

  • When cut open, it displays an infinity of tiny leaf-buds and stems, and at intervals there exudes from it an aromatic resin, which from its astringent properties is used by the shepherds as a vulnerary, but has not been converted to any commercial purpose.

  • In China it was an old internal remedy for leprosy and struma, and is accredited with stimulant, tonic, sedative, astringent and vulnerary properties.

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Words Starting With

VVUVUL

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With V9 Letter Words Ending With Y