a. Med. Obs. [ad. late Gr. ἐκφρακτικός, f. ἐκφράσσειν to remove obstructions.] Adapted to clear away obstructions; aperient, deobstruent. Also as quasi-sb. Hence † Ecphractical a., of same meaning.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 30. Must be dissolved by a … cutting Ecphracticke. Ibid., 124. Ecphractical, as it were purging fractures.
1665. G. Harvey, Advice agst. Plague, 16. It is of great concernment … to procure the bloud and spirits a free course … by sutable purges and Ecphractick Medicines.
1775. Ash, Ecphractic, attenuating, dissolving tough humours.
1883. Syd. Soc. Lex., Ecphractic, aperient, also the same as deobstruent.
