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Meaning of EPISPASTIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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