1. Sour or bitter in taste
   - acerb, acerbic 
2. Tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
   "astringent cosmetic lotions"

1. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
   - astringent drug, styptic

Derived forms: astringents

See also: astringe, astringency, haemostatic [Brit, Cdn], hemostatic [N. Amer], sour, stypsis, styptic

Type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Antonym: nonastringent

Encyclopedia: Astringent

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