vulnerary
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈvʌl.nəɹ.əɹ.i/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/
Adjective

vulnerary

  1. Useful or used for healing wounds; healing, curative.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 28,
      Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulnerary remedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that [...] there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 422 (footnote):
      Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus.
  2. (archaic, rare) Causing wounds, wounding.
Translations Translations Noun

vulnerary (plural vulneraries)

  1. A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.
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