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Webster 1913 Edition


Epulotic

Epˊu-lot′ic

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to scar over or heal;
ἐπί
upon, over + [GREEK] whole.]
Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores;
as, an
epulotic
ointment
.
–
Noun.
An epulotic agent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Epulotic

EPULOT'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. to heal, to cicatrize; a cicatrix, to be sound, whole.] Healing; cicatrizing.

EPULOT'IC

,
Noun.
A medicament or application which tends to dry, cicatrize and heal wounds or ulcers, to repress fungous flesh and dispose the parts to recover soundness.