Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Epispastic

Epispastic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to draw to, attract; {not transcribed} to + {not transcribed} to draw: compare French épispastique.]

(Medicine) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Epispastic , noun

(Medicine) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.