Ec‐phrac″tic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � to open; εκ̓ out + � to block up: cf. F. ecphractique.] (Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. — n. An ecphractic medicine. Harvey.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.