ASTRINGENT

adj. and n. A?s-tri?n’jent. Lat., a string ens. Fr., astringent. Ger., adstringirend (adj.), zusammenzichend (adj.), adstringirende Mittel (n.). It., Sp., astringente. 1. Having the property of causing contraction or shrinking of living ti ues, so as to diminish the amount of blood and other liquids in them, control or reduce hemorrhage from them, and le en their secretion. [A, 385.] 2. Constipating (by diminishing the intestinal sec tions). 3. As a n any agent producing: these effects.—A’s absorbants (Fr.). A’s which act by withdrawing liquid from th ti ues. [De Savignac (L, 87).]—A’s con den sants (Fr.). Those which act by contracting relaxed fibres. [De Savignae (L, 87.]— A’s emphractiques (Fr.), A’s in vis quants (Fr.), Those which decrease the secretion of a eet by coagulating the material in the mouths of its ve els. [De Savignac (L, 87).]—A. principle. See Principle of ASTRINGENCY.—A’s pyenotiques (Fr.), See A’s con den sants,—A’s res ser rants (Fr.), A's stégnotiques (Fr.). Styptics. [L, 87.]