a. and sb. Med. Also apocroustic. [ad. mod.L. apocrūstic-us, a. Gr. ἀποκρουστικός, f. ἀποκρού-ειν to beat off, repel.]
A. adj. ‘Having power to repel,’ astringent. B. sb. An astringent medicine.
1706. Phillips, Apocrousticks are such Medicines as hinder the flowing of the Humours into any particular Part of the Body, and force back those that are beginning to flow thither.
1853. Mayne, Exp. Lex., Apocrustic, Having the power of repelling and astringing.
