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单词 emphractic
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emphracticadj.n.

Forms: 1600s emphractick.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin emphracticus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin emphracticus obstructive, causing an obstruction (6th cent.) < ancient Greek ἐμϕρακτικός < ἐμ- , variant (before a labial) of ἐν- en- prefix2 + Hellenistic Greek ϕρακτός fenced, protected (although this is apparently first attested later; < ancient Greek ϕράσσειν (Attic ϕράττειν ) to fence in (see phragma n.) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix, after ἐμϕράττειν to obstruct. Compare slightly earlier emphractical adj. N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (emfræ·ktik) /ɛmˈfræktɪk/.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Of a medicine: having the power of obstructing the pores, bowels, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > other qualities of medicines
lighteOE
emphractic1659
concentrant1721
potentized1851
antiperiodic1861
weak1899
stathmokinetic1939
bioavailable1973
biosimilar2002
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια sig. *5 Emphractick or obstructing, pachyntick, and thickening, which are the same.
1668 W. Ramesey Ελμινθολογια: Physical Considerations Wormes 289 The Aluminous Salt, is to the Viscera, extreamly emphractick.
B. n.
A medicine used to obstruct the pores, bowels, etc.
ΚΠ
1668 W. Ramesey Ελμινθολογια: Physical Considerations Wormes 367 For if the Body be Cacochymick, it must be by rational means, reduced to an Euchymick Constitution, by refraining Stegnoticks and Stypticks, Pygnoticks, Emphracticks, Dyspepticks, Hologotrophicks, and the like.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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