vesication

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Applied to the skin it is a strong irritant causing rapid and painful vesication.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

The cuticular layer of the skin in slightly inflamed, and vesication with exudation occurs, followed by the formation of scaly, brittle crusts.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Firing is of no practical benefit in these cases, and it is doubtful if vesication is helpful excepting where only a part of the cartilage is ossified.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

This is attended with severe smarting pain, and will be followed by the deposition of serum under the cuticle, unless applications are made immediately, to prevent vesication, or blistering.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

Absorption by the skin is most vigorous when the cuticle is removed by vesication, or blistering.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin