epispastic
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- epispastick (obsolete)
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æstɪk
[edit] Adjective
epispastic (comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)
- (medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
- 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:
- Old Postle says this: "Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient." Now what the devil can he mean, eh?
- 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:
[edit] Noun
epispastic (plural epispastics)
- (dated) a vesicant agent
