Lexic.us

Definition of Astringent drug

1. Noun. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Astringent Drug

Literary usage of Astringent drug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von ( Mueller (1884)
"As an astringent drug this kino is not without importance. The flowers are sought by bees, even more eagerly than those of most Eucalypts. ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 300-499, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"347.52 Labeling of astringent drug products. 347.60 Labeling of permitted combinations of active ... As used in this pant: astringent drug product. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"He did not try it on any other astringent drug, but it seemed to indicate that with that type of drug the gallo-tannins were hydrolized rapidly in ..."

4. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1899)
"Certain drugs which in a concentrated state are caustic are, if sufficiently diluted, astringent, as is the case with sulphuric acid. An astringent drug ..."

5. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"No other so-called astringent drug should be taken internally. There is absolutely no justification for taking nitrate of silver, or any other form of ..."

6. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1918)
"... its pharmacologic activity depends, but also tannic acid, an astringent drug. In an ordinary dose of cinchona the tannic acid is too little in amount to ..."

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