Epispastic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Alternative forms

• epispastick obsolete

Full definition of epispastic

Adjective

1. (medicine, now rare) Causing blisters; vesicant.
• 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:Old Postle says this: "Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient." Now what the devil can he mean, eh?

Noun

1. (dated) a vesicant agent