vulnerary

adjective /ˈvʌl.nəɹ.əɹ.i/

1. Useful or used for healing wounds; curative, healing.

   Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulnerary remedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that […] there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life.

2. Causing wounds; wounding.

   archaic, rare

Where it comes from

From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (“wound”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vulnerary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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