epispastic
English
Alternative forms
- epispastick (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstɪk
Adjective
epispastic (comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)
- (medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
- 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:
- Old Postle says this: "Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient." Now what the devil can he mean, eh?
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Noun
epispastic (plural epispastics)
- (dated) A vesicant agent; that which causes blisters.
- (dated) A blister.