astringent

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The trunk bark is astringent, and in decoction is given by mouth for fevers and diarrhoea.

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  1. adjective Medicine Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic.
  2. adjective Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe: astringent remarks.
  3. noun A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.

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  1. Latin astringēns, astringent-, present participle of astringere, to bind fast : ad-, ad- + stringere, to bind; see streig- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French astringent, from Latin astringen(t-)s, adstringen(t-)s, present participle of astringere, adstringere, draw close, contract: see astringe.
 

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/æsˈtrɪndʒənt/
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