What is the meaning of ASTRIN. Phrases containing ASTRIN
See meanings and uses of ASTRIN!ASTRIN
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
Acronyms & AI meanings
Network Protocol Access Information
increased vascular permeability
: SMils International Summer Camps
Danis Building Construction Company
Okregowa Komisja Egzaminacyjna
american industrial hygine assoc
Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Control of the Hypothalamic
Identity of Macau
: QUICK Network CONNECTION, Quick Net Connect
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
ASTRIN
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
n.
A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
a.
Styptic; astringent.
a.
Somewhat astringent.
n.
A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.
n.
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
imp. & p. p.
of Astringe
n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
n.
The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
n.
A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
a.
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
n.
A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.
n.
A Peruvian plant (Piper, / Artanthe, elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.
n.
A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
a.
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
n.
The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
a.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Astringe
adv.
In an astringent manner.
ASTRIN
ASTRIN