English
Etymology
From Latin vulnerarius, from vulnus �wound�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�v�ln�r�ri/

Adjective
en-adj

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

#:*1819: 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 � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

1. archaic rare Causing wounds, wounding.

Noun
en-noun|vulneraries

1. A vulnerary substance.

See also
vulnerable

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