See Also: gravery(medicine)

vesicate (iou) and gravery (medicine)


vesicate (iou)



vesicate verb. M17.
[from late Latin vesicat-, pa. ppl stem of vesicare form pustules, from VESICA: see -ATE3.]
Chiefly Medicine.
verb trans. Cause to rise in a blister or blisters; raise blisters on (the skin etc.). M17.
verb intrans. Produce blisters; become blistered. E19.

gravery (medicine)


gravery


The act, process, or Art, of graving or carving; engraving. "Either of picture or gravery and embossing." (Holland)

Source: Websters Dictionary