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emphractic

emphractic adjective: having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Adjective

emphractic (comparative more emphractic, superlative most emphractic)

  1. Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Forms of emphractic

comparativemore emphractic
superlativemost emphractic

Origin of emphractic

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

Questions about emphractic

What does emphractic mean?
Emphractic means having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
What part of speech is emphractic?
Emphractic is an adjective.

Words near emphractic in the dictionary

  1. emphaticizing
  2. emphatick
  3. emphaticness
  4. emphatics
  5. emphlysis
  6. emphractic
  7. emphraxis
  8. emphrensied
  9. emphysema
  10. emphysemas
  11. emphysemata

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