ecphractic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκφράσσω (ekphrássō, “to open or unblock”), from φράσσω (phrássō). Compare French ecphractique.

Adjective

ecphractic (not comparable)

(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.

Noun

ecphractic (plural ecphractics)

(dated) Any medicine of this kind.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ecphractic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)