Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, serving to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
- noun An ecphractic drug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine, dated Serving to
dissolve orattenuate viscid matter, and so removeobstructions ;deobstruent .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek to open or unblock? Compare French ecphractique.
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