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Meaning of "vesicant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VESICANT

See vesica.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VESICANT

vesicant  [ˈvɛsɪkənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VESICANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vesicant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VESICANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blister agent

A blister agent, or vesicant, is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation. They are named for their ability to cause severe chemical burns, resulting in painful water blisters on the bodies of those affected. Although the term is often used in connection with large-scale burns caused by chemical spills or chemical warfare agents, some naturally occurring substances such as cantharidin are also blister-producing agents. Furanocoumarin, another naturally occuring substance, causes vesicant-like effects indirectly, for example, by increasing skin photosensitivity greatly. Vesicants have medical uses including wart removal but can be fatal if even small amounts are ingested.

Definition of vesicant in the English dictionary

The definition of vesicant in the dictionary is any substance that causes blisters, used in medicine and in chemical warfare. Other definition of vesicant is acting as a vesicant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VESICANT


abdicant
ˈæbdɪkənt
antidesiccant
ˌæntɪˈdɛsɪkənt
applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
detoxicant
diːˈtɒksɪkənt
exsiccant
ɛkˈsɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
mendicant
ˈmɛndɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
supplicant
ˈsʌplɪkənt
toxicant
ˈtɒksɪkənt
urticant
ˈɜːtɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VESICANT

vesica
vesicae
vesical
vesicate
vesication
vesicatories
vesicatory
vesicle
vesicula
vesicular
vesicularity
vesicularly
vesiculate
vesiculation
vesiculose
vespa
Vespasian
vesper
vesperal
vespers

WORDS THAT END LIKE VESICANT

Alacant
alicant
cant
contraindicant
coruscant
cosecant
decant
emicant
eradicant
formicant
job applicant
medicant
nigricant
noncommunicant
predicant
prejudicant
provocant
radicant
scant
secant

Synonyms and antonyms of vesicant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vesicant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VESICANT

Find out the translation of vesicant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vesicant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vesicant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发泡剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vesicante
570 millions of speakers

English

vesicant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फोड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منفط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ОВ удушающего действия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vesicant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

vesicant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vésicant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vesicant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vesicant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

発疱剤
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발포제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vesicant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm phồng da
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

vesicant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रबरी नळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deriyi kabartan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vescicante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pęcherzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ОВ задушливого дії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vesicant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φλυκταινογόνες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blaar trekkend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blåsbildande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vesicant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vesicant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VESICANT»

The term «vesicant» is normally little used and occupies the 130.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VESICANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vesicant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vesicant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vesicant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VESICANT»

Discover the use of vesicant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vesicant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Infusion Nursing: An Evidence-Based Approach
The flow rate should never be increased to determine the infiltration of a vesicant, nor should a blood return be used as a reliable method to determine an extravasation. Solution can seep into the tissues from a previous puncture site or around ...
Infusion Nurses Society, Mary Alexander, Ann Corrigan, 2011
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The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship
Extravasation management is a collaborative process that ideally includes the patient, the nurse administering the vesicant, the pharmacist, and the patient's oncologist. The patient is a vital member of the multidisciplinary team and can ...
Ian Olver, 2010
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Extravasation of Cytotoxic Agents: Compendium for Prevention ...
... III Type of damage non-vesicant vesicant vesicant non-vesicant non-vesicant no n -vesicant non-vesicant irritant irritant non-vesicant non-vesicant irritant irritant vesicant vesicant vesicant vesicant Substance Nimustine Oxaliplatin Paclitaxel ...
Ines Mader, Birte Twisselmann, Patrizia R. Fürst-Weger, 2009
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Nurses' Guide to Cancer Care
How much damage a vesicant does to tissue is directly related to the amount of drug absorbed and the site of the infiltration. Thus factors such as drug concentration and length of exposure have a large effect on the outcome of inadvertent ...
Constance S. Kirkpatrick, 1986
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Portable Pathophysiology
Determine the drug's vesicant potential. 4 For intermittent drug delivery, give a vesicant by direct push or delivery into the side port of an infusing I.V. line. * For continuous infusion, give a vesicant only via a central line or vascular access ...
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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care
... CeeNU) Mechlorethamine (Mustargen) Moderate Irritant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Irritant N/A (intravesicular drug) Irritant Bruising Irritant Irritant Irritant & potential vesicant Vesicant Vesicant Vesicant ...
Donna D. Ignatavicius, M. Linda Workman, 2013
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Disaster Medicine
These chemicals produce severe damage to the eyes, lungs, and skin through direct contact or inhalation of vapor.1 Multiple nations maintain vesicant stores because these agents are simple to manufacture and can incapacitate large ...
Gregory R. Ciottone, 2006
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Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice
Although extravasation is a known risk of vesicant administration, patients may allege that the nurse administering the vesicant was negligent. The circumstances surrounding the administration of the vesicant are closely examined to ascertain ...
Connie Henke Yarbro, Debra Wujcik, Barbara Holmes Gobel, 2010
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Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, ...
FY2003 Targets Actual Performance vesicant countermeasure candidates. Perform additional studies necessary to completely characterize candidate therapy. Transition vesicant therapeutic candidates out of the technology base. Diagnostics ...
10
Oncology Nursing Secrets
Flushing with a minimum of 3 to 5 ml of saline before and after vesicant administration is mandatory to ensure venous access and safe vesicant administration. When the direct push method is used, the nurse should aspirate immediately if ...
Rose A. Gates, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VESICANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vesicant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clean & clear
Bettle Dermatitis: It is a specific form of acute irritant contact dermatitis caused by a vesicant chemical present in the body fluid of the beetle. The beetle does not ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
2
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr.
While there, he discovered a chemical reaction that could be used to predict the activity of prospective vesicant agents. While attending Princeton, he attended ... «Oak Ridger, Jun 15»
3
Validating Chemotherapy Administration Feasible with Simulation …
The simulation was created to address a specific need: to find an opportunity for the hospital's 93 bedside nurses administering peripheral IV vesicants to meet ... «Oncology Nurse Advisor, Apr 15»
4
3D white graphene foam scavengers: vesicant-assisted foaming …
Here, for the first time, we report a vesicant-assisted foaming method for the high-yield fabrication of 3D WG foams possessing superhigh adsorption capacities ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
5
NASA images show equivalent of 689290 dust-filled semis moving …
Silent_Wind 5pts. @BillDaviswashere indeed. Its fascinating how all things on our planet are connected. Vesicant 5pts. >689,290 semis. Ain't science wunnerful. «CNET, Feb 15»
6
Managing venous irritation from fosaprepitant
Is the drug an irritant or vesicant? If the drug infiltrates, what is the management? —Name withheld on request. Fosaprepitant is a prodrug of aprepitant (Emend), ... «Oncology Nurse Advisor, Sep 14»
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Editor's comment: Cutting the mustard
Sulphur mustards, more commonly known as mustard gas, are a class of related cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents that cause large blisters on ... «Laboratory Talk, Aug 14»
8
From our archives: George Thampy claims spelling bee crown
Round 2: waiver. Round 3: serendipity. Round 4: ersatz. Round 5: surfactant. Round 6: vesicant. Round 7: emmetropia. Round 8: annelid. Round 9: trophobiosis. «STLtoday.com, May 14»
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What Is Mustard Gas?
The gas is a vesicant, or blister-agent, causing redness and itching of the skin that results in yellow, pus-filled blisters. Because mustard gas strips away the ... «LiveScience.com, Aug 13»
10
Primary Sources: Operation Delirium
As the war progressed, new weapons were unleashed on the battlefield—among them mustard gas, a vesicant, which causes blistering upon contact with skin. «New Yorker, Dec 12»

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