Vulnerary
[VUHL-nə-rehr-ee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, late 16th century
1.
A medicine used in the healing of wounds.
Examples of Vulnerary in a sentence
"Heidi was more interested in plant-based vulneraries than store-bought treatments."
"Steven created his own vulnerary for rashes."
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