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epipastic

epipastic adjective: having the qualities of a dusting powder.

Adjective

epipastic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having the qualities of a dusting powder.
    • Painting the disks of area with the epipastic fluid of the pharmacopoeia may also, occasionally, be resorted to, or the epipastic fluid may be diluted with spirits of camphor.1878, Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, Lectures on dermatology; delivered in the Royal college of surgeons of England, Jan., 1870
    • Courbon, experimenting physiologically upon Epicauta adspersa, denied that the hard parts exercised any epipastic action, and Leidy, speaking of Epicauta viltata, went further, and said of this species that "the vesicating principle resides in the blood an fatty matter peculiar to certain glands...1885, American Journal of Pharmacy, volume 57, page 350

epipastic meaning in Tamil

epipastic in Tamil

உடல் தூவுத்தூள், காயக் கட்டுத் தூள்

Questions about epipastic

What does epipastic mean?
Epipastic means having the qualities of a dusting powder.
What is epipastic in Tamil?
Epipastic in Tamil is உடல் தூவுத்தூள், காயக் கட்டுத் தூள். See Epipastic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epipastic?
Epipastic is an adjective.

Words near epipastic in the dictionary

  1. epiparasitic
  2. epiparasitism
  3. epiparietal
  4. epiparietals
  5. epiparietosquamosal
  6. epipastic
  7. epipedon
  8. epipedons
  9. epipelagial
  10. epipelagic
  11. epipelagic zone

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