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epispastick

epispastick is the obsolete form of epispastic.

Meaning of epispastic

Adjective

epispastic (comparative more epispastic, superlative most epispastic)

  1. (archaic) Causing blisters; vesicant.
    • Old Postle says this: "Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient." Now what the devil can he mean, eh?1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea

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Forms of epispastick

Adjective
comparativemore epispastick
superlativemost epispastick
Noun
pluralepispasticks

Questions about epispastick

What is epispastick the obsolete form of?
Epispastick is the obsolete form of epispastic.

Words near epispastick in the dictionary

  1. epispadiacs
  2. epispadias
  3. epispadiases
  4. epispasm
  5. epispastic
  6. epispastick
  7. epispasticks
  8. epispastics
  9. episperm
  10. epispermic
  11. episperms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epispastick (page history and authors); epispastic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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