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exsiccant en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin exsiccans, present participle of exsiccare. See exsiccate.

Meanings

1. Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.

Forms

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most exsiccant	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more exsiccant	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

exsiccant en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin exsiccans, present participle of exsiccare. See exsiccate.

Meanings

1. A medicine that causes drying up.
   • Dried alum is used solely as an exsiccant and mild caustic 1894, Arthur Albert Stevens, A Manual of Therapeutics:

Forms

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exsiccants	Number=Plur		lexicographic