astriction
[ ə-strĭk′shən ]
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n.
Astringent action.
Compression to arrest hemorrhage.
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Example sentences from the Web for astriction
Astriction, as-trik′shun, n. a binding or contraction: restriction.
Astriction to the soil was at once the foundation and the symbol of that serfdom.
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