Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suppressing secretion; constricting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.
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- adjective medicine Tending to render
costive , or to diminish excretions or discharges.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek στεγνωτικός (stegnōtikos)
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