blister agent

(redirected from blistering agent)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Wikipedia.

blister agent

a chemical compound or preparation that causes the formation of skin blisters, mustard gas, used in World War I, was a blister agent.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

blister agent

A vesicant, esp. any such agent (like mustard gas) used in chemical warfare.

See also: agent

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The use of blistering agents is not prohibited here and I have appealed.

INTERNATIONAL: Leading UAE trainer Bouresly appeals against suspension

-- Many providers have begun to treat molluscum contagiosum with cantharidin, a blistering agent produced by a beetle, instead of with liquid nitrogen.

Cantharidin offers an alternative option for warts

The main chemicals found were mustard gas and an arsenic-based blistering agent called lewisite.

Japan's toxic past resurfaces

Initial tests on the 36 shells were thought to show they contained a blistering agent similar to First World War mustard gas.

RUSH HOUR SLAUGHTER; 20 die in suicide bomb at Assassin's Gate

Preliminary tests showed it to be a mixture of three chemicals, including a nerve agent and blistering agent. Phipps said the tests were 98 per cent accurate.