a. and sb. Med. [ad. Gr. ἐμφρακτικός, f. ἐμφράττειν to obstruct.]
A. adj. Having power to obstruct.
1727–51. in Chambers, Cycl.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
B. sb. A medicine that shuts up the pores of the skin.
1678. in Phillips (Emphrastical in 1706).
1775. in Ash.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
