epispastic

English

Alternative forms

• epispastick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

epispastic (comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)

1. (medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
   • 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:

     Old Postle says this: "Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient." Now what the devil can he mean, eh?

Noun

epispastic (plural epispastics)

1. (dated) A vesicant agent; that which causes blisters.
2. (dated) A blister.