What is a substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism called?
attrahent — (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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