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- adjective
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- having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe [Princeton Review]
- binding; causing contraction [Nandigam]
- noun
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- substance, used medically or in cosmetics, that makes skin or body tissue contract and so stops bleeding [Barron]
- substance that shrinks [Smirnov]
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