vesicatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
    vesicant.
  2. adjective satellite causing blisters
    vesicant.

WordNet

Ves"i*ca*to*ry adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. vésicatoire.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. -- n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

Webster 1913