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==Adjective==
==Adjective==
*1. Possible as opposed to actual; having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future; latent; prospective.
*1. Possible as opposed to actual; having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future; latent; prospective.
*2. Medicine. Designating (the use of) a cauterizing agent other than a red-hot implement, esp. a caustic substance; contrasted with actual (cf. CAUTERY n. 1). Chiefly in potential cautery. Now hist.
*2. Medicine. Designating (the use of) a cauterizing agent other than a red-hot implement, esp. a caustic substance; contrasted with actual (cf. CAUTERY n. 1). Chiefly in potential cautery. Now hist.
