emphractic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμφρακτικός (emphraktikós), from ἐμφράσσω (emphrássō), from ἐν- (en-) +‎ φράσσω (phrássō).

Adjective

emphractic (comparative more emphractic, superlative most emphractic)

(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “emphractic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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