A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals.
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Examples for "astringent"
Examples for "astringent"
1The milk is very soothing and the alum acts as an astringent.
2With the preparation of kid leather alum is the astringent curative agent.
3The root contains tannin and mucilage, it is therefore astringent and demulcent.
4I tasted the nut, and found it pungent and astringent, not tempting.
5Where the astringent memory of Lizzie came into play, Lawrence was dumb.
1I was well already, on taking the styptic from her dear hands.
2But I waited while he dabbed at the cut with styptic powder.
3He removes the toilet paper and dabs the cut with a styptic pencil.
4The Sloe has been employed as a styptic ever since the time of Dioscorides.
5They call it Mohur: powdered and sprinkled dry on a wound, it acts as a styptic.
Translations for astringent drug