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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCUTIENT

a.[L.] Discussing; dispersing morbid matter.

 

DISCUTIENT

n.A medicine or application which disperses a tumor or any coagulated fluid in the body; sometimes it is equivalent to carminative.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCUTIENT

Dis *cu "tient, a. Etym: [L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss. ] (Med. )

 

Defn: Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- n.

 

Defn: An agent (as a medicinal application ) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens." Wiseman.