Cantharidize

/kænˈθærɪˌdaɪz/ verb

To treat with cantharidin or to cause the effects of cantharidin poisoning; to create blistering using blister-beetle preparations.

From 'cantharidin' plus the suffix '-ize' meaning 'to cause to become' or 'to subject to.' A medical term that became standardized in 19th-century pharmaceutical literature.

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