Middle English Dictionary Entry
constrictī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. (& n.)
Entry Info
| Forms | constrictī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. (& n.) Also constructif. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of medicines: having the property of thickening and thus arresting the discharge of bodily fluids; (b) of a bandage or truss: restraining or preventing a discharge or distention.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)289/33 : If..þe flux be to greet, þan þou schalt constreine blood wiþ medicyns þat ben constrictif.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)146b/b : If flux of þe wombe come vpon, be þer giffen trocisci constrictyue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)162b/a : Constructif [clisterie] is þus made.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)167b/b : A medicyne of materie repercussiue or constrictif..putteþ toward þe profoundenez þe humours to which he nyȝheþ nere.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/b : Ferrugo is knowen..consolidatyue & constructif.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)179b/a : Virga pastoris is an herbe..constrictif & consolidatyue.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)38/13 : Constrictiues y-lefte..in diete..I esed mich wiþ vse of clisteriez of branne.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)67/27 : Agaynz ouer mych flux..of menstruez þe best medicyne constrictiue and desiccatyue is made on þis maner.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)48b/a : He commaunded to put to an emplaster constrictiue vpon þe inguyne with a biegirdel.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104a/a : Seperacioun..of þe furcle is cured with constrictyuez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)144b/a : Emplastre constrictif of rupturez..is of pelle arietina i. weþer or shepe skyn whos fourme is [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.21rb (1.4) : Som seyne me þat diuertik is constrictif, i. byndyng, and stiptik solutif, i. lesnend & vnbyndand..sum seyn þat 'e contrario' diuretik solutif and stiptik constrictif.
Note: Additional quot.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. constrictive.