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Definition of Astringent
1. Noun. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals.
Specialized synonyms: Alum
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Astringe, Astringe, Styptic
2. Adjective. Sour or bitter in taste.
3. Adjective. Tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue. "Astringent cosmetic lotions"
Similar to: Hemostatic, Styptic
Derivative terms: Astringe, Astringe, Astringency
Antonyms: Nonastringent
Definition of Astringent
1. a. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
2. n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
Definition of Astringent
1. Noun. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood. ¹
2. Adjective. Sharp, caustic, severe. ¹
3. Adjective. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astringent
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Astringent
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Astringent
Literary usage of Astringent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"It has been stated that this forms. the basis of several astringent pharmaceutical
preparations. We shall find that there are only three preparations ..."
2. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"Observations on an astringent Vegetable Substance from China. ... They have the
appearance of irregular vesicles, of a purely astringent flavour, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"Salicin as an Enteric Tonic and Astringent. ... It combines," he says, " the
tonic, element of quinine with strong astringent properties. ..."
4. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"It must not be forgotten that the irritant action, the astringent action, and
the caustic ... The astringent action always precedes the caustic action; and, ..."
5. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"Its astringent influence is chiefly directed to mucous surfaces ; applied locally
... In this manner, it arrest« the discharge, and acts as an astringent. ..."
6. A Treatise on Pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1884)
"Astringent AND ALLIED ACIDS. These acids are widely diffused throughout the
vegetable kingdom, occurring more rarely in annual plants, but are met with in ..."
7. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"The leaf of the gum, when green, I have also ascertained to be powerfully
astringent, and to contain as large a proportion of tannin as that of any other ..."
8. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1803)
"An Account of some Experiments and Observations on the constituent Parts of
certain astringent Vegetables; and on their Operation in Tanning. ..."
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