Definition of Epispastic
1. a. Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
2. n. An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
Medical Definition of Epispastic
1.
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Origin: Gr, fr. To draw to, attract; to + to draw: cf. F. Epispastique.
An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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