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Epispastic

Epispastic \Ep"i*spas"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw to, attract; ? to + ? to draw: cf. F. ['e]pispastique.] (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Epispastic

Epispastic \Ep"i*spas"tic\, n. (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

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epispastic

a. (context medicine now rare English) Causing blisters; vesicant. alt. (context medicine now rare English) Causing blisters; vesicant. n. (context dated English) a vesicant agent