astringency als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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astringency
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 astringency
A sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker.
synoniem: astringence.
Roget 195:
contraction,
reduction,
diminution;
decrease of size
etc.
36;
defalcation,
decrement;
lessening,
shrinking
etc.
v.;
compaction;
tabes†,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction†,
consumption,
marasmus†,
atrophy;
systole,
neck,
hourglass.
condensation,
compression,
compactness;
compendium
etc.
596;
squeezing
etc.
v.;
strangulation;
corrugation;
astringency;
astringents,
sclerotics;
contractility,
compressibility;
coarctation†.
inferiority in size.
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Roget 401a:
acridity,
astringency,
bite.
[acrid substances]
tear gas;
smoke,
acrid fumes.
2 astringency
The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
synoniem: stypsis.
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