Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Viscous; glutinous; adhesive; fit to be applied as a plaster: as, emplastic applications.
  • noun A constipating medicine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A medicine causing constipation.
  • adjective Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective viscous, glutinous, adhesive
  • noun A drug causing constipation.

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