Ecphractic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecphractic \Ec*phrac"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? to open; 'ek 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.
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