Astringent
astringent (-jent), a. (L.astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent.
See Astringe.) 1. Drawing together the tissues;
binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent
medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent
fruit.
2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of
virtue.
astringent , n. A medicine or othersubstance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and
checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
External astringents are called styptics.
Dunglison.
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