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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

dessicatif

Drying; tending to dry.

Ferrand.

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Noun.

(Med.)

An application for drying up secretions.

Adj.

Drying; tending to dry; that has the power to dry.

desiccative ‎(comparative more desiccative, superlative most desiccative)

causing to desiccate

desiccative ‎(plural desiccatives)