emphractic

emphractic: emphractic /em-frakˈtik/

adjective

Blocking the pores of the skin

noun

A substance with this property

ORIGIN: Gr emphraktikos obstructive, from en in, and phrassein to stop

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emphractic, a. and n. Med.
(ɛmˈfræktɪk)

[ad. Gr. ἐµϕρακτικός, f. ἐµϕράττειν to obstruct.]

A. adj. Having power to obstruct.

1727–51 in Chambers Cycl. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.

B. n. A medicine which shuts up the pores of the skin.

in Phillips (Emphrastical in ). in Ash. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.

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Emphractic — Em*phrac tic, a. [Gr. ? obstructing, fr. ? to block up.] (Med.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emphractic — a.,n. (substance) closing skin pores. ♦ emphraxia, ♦ emphraxis, n. obstruction, especially of pores … Dictionary of difficult words

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