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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

στεγνωτικός

, fr.

στεγνοῦν

to cover, to make costive, fr.

στεγνός

στεγανός

, covered, closed.]

(Med.)

Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.

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Noun.

A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.

Adj.

[Gr.] Tending to bind or render costive.

Noun.

A medicine proper to stop the orifices of the vessels or emunctories of the body, when relaxed or lacerated.