Ayurveda Related Term: Astringent
astringent
as·trin·gent
[uh-strin-juhnt]
–adjective
1. Medicine/Medical . contracting; constrictive; styptic.
2. harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.
3. stern or severe; austere.
–noun
5. Medicine/Medical . a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
6. a cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin astringent- (stem of astringēns ) present participle of astringere to astringe
—Related forms
as·trin·gen·cy, noun
as·trin·gent·ly, adverb
non·as·trin·gen·cy, noun
non·as·trin·gent, adjective
non·as·trin·gent·ly, adverb
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