consolidative, a. (and n.)
(kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtɪv)
[a. F. consolidatif, -ive (16th c. in Paré), f. L. ppl. stem consolidāt-: see -ive.]
Serving to consolidate; tending to heal fractures, wounds, etc.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 164 Also þouȝ a man wolde soude þe woundis of þe lungis wiþ ony medicyne þat is consolidatif. 1558–68 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. 33 b, Some consolidative or healing oyntementes. 1654 Charleton Physiol. 382 The sole benignity and Consolidative Energy of Nature. |
† b. as n. A medicine with these properties. Obs.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 6 (MS. B.) Of glutinatiuis & consolidatiuis þat buþ closeres & consouderes. |