astringent: signification et définitions

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  • Medicine Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic.
  • Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe: astringent remarks.
  • A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.