- catastaltic
- catastaltic, a. Med.
[ad. L. catastaltic-us, a. Gr. κατασταλτικός, f. καταστέλλειν to repress, check.]Restraining, checking: formerly applied to astringent and styptic substances.in Mayne.
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Catastaltic — Cat a*stal tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to check; kata down, wholy + ? to set.] (Med.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catastaltic — Inhibitory, restricting, or restraining. [cata + G. staltos, contracted, fr. stello, to contract] * * * cat·a·stal·tic (kat″ə stalґtik) [Gr. katastaltikos] 1. inhibitory; restraining. 2. an agent that tends to restrain or check any… … Medical dictionary
catastaltic — n. & a. (drug) exercising restraint; astringent … Dictionary of difficult words
