Revulsant (noun)(historic) (rare)
ree-vul-sant
A medicine or treatment used to produce revulsion; a revulsive; a counterirritant.
Early 19th century. From revulse + -ant.
Example sentences
“We gave him a revulsant but the effects were not what we thought.”
Word of the Day - Semiquincentennial (noun) se-mee-kwin-sen-tee-nee-al
