Meaning of ASTRINGENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'strinjunt
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- [n] a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- [adj] tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions"
- [adj] sour or bitter in taste
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| | Synonyms: | | acerb, acerbic, astringent drug, hemostatic, sharp, sour, styptic, styptic |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonastringent | | |
| | See Also: | | alum, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As*trin"gent\ (-jent), a. [L. astringens, p. pr. of
astringere: cf. F. astringent. See {Astringe}.]
1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --
opposed to {laxative}; as, astringent medicines; a butter
and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
\As*trin"gent\, n.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in
the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood,
mucus, etc.
External astringents are called styptics. --Dunglison.
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| | Definition: | | Any substance or agent that causes tissues to contract or that inhibits secretion of fluids such as mucus or blood. |
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| | Related Terms: | | acerb, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, alum, amaroidal, ascetic, asperous, austere, authoritarian, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, brisk, caustic, clamp, coarse, collapsible, compactable, compressible, compressor, constrictor, constringent, consumptive, contractible, contractile, contractional, contractive, contractor, cutting, deflationary, demanding, double-edged, dour, edged, escharotic, exacting, exigent, fierce, foldable, grim, hard, harsh, incisive, inclement, irritating, keen, meticulous, mordacious, mordant, mortified, nose-tickling, penetrating, piercing, pincer, piquant, poignant, puckery, pungent, restorative, rigorous, roborant, rough, rugged, scathing, severe, sharp, sour, Spartan, Spartanic, stabbing, stern, stinging, strict, strident, stringent, styptic, styptic pencil, tart, tough, trenchant, ungentle, unsparing, vehement, violent, virulent, vise, vitriolic |
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