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Webster 1913 Edition

Epispastic

Ep′i-spas′tic

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to draw to, attract; [GREEK] to + [GREEK] to draw: cf. F.
épispastique
.]
(Med.)
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Ep′i-spas′tic

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Noun.
(Med.)
An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epispastic

EPISPAS'TIC

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Adj.
[Gr. to draw.] In medicine, drawing; attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

EPISPAS'TIC

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Noun.
A topical remedy, applied to the external part of the body, for the purpose of drawing the humors to the part, or exciting action in the skin; a blister.

Definition 2024

epispastic

epispastic

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Adjective

epispastic ‎(comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)

  1. (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?

Noun

epispastic ‎(plural epispastics)

  1. (dated) a vesicant agent

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æstɪk

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