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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to open;

ἐκ

out + [GREEK] to block up: cf. F.

ecphractique

(Med.)

Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.

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Noun.

An ecphractic medicine.

Harvey.

Adj.

[Gr.] In medicine, deobstruent; attenuating.

Noun.

A medicine which dissolves or attenuates viscid matter, and removes obstructions.