Desiccants, in Medicine, are substances with astringent properties, which are serviceable in checking secretion and exhalation.
Desiccants
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 774
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Desiccants, in Medicine, are substances with astringent properties, which are serviceable in checking secretion and exhalation.