† incrassantadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Thickening: said of medicines supposed to thicken the ‘humours’.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > thickening
incrassant1678
incrassative1853
1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis vi. ii. 814 Incrassant, such as make thin humors thick.
B. n.
An ‘incrassant’ medicine or preparation.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > thickening medicine
ingrossative?1550
incrassative1666
incrassant1811
1811 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XVIII. (at cited word) Incrassants, or incrassating medicines..of the old writers..such medicines as were imagined to condense or thicken the blood and humours.
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