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EPISPASTIC
Adjective
epispastic (comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)
(medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
Noun
epispastic (plural epispastics)
(dated) A vesicant agent; that which causes blisters.
(dated) A blister.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"i*spas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. épispastique.] (Med.)
Definition: Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Ep"i*spas"tic, n. (Med.)
Definition: An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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