Ec*phrac"tic (?), a. [Gr. , from to open; out + to block up: cf. F. ecphractique.] Med.
Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
n.
An ecphractic medicine.
Harvey.
© Webster 1913.
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