EXSICCANT

exsiccant|exiccant. Exsiccant, or Exiccant, a. drying up, able to dry

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Ex‐sic″cant (?), a. [[L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare. See Exsiccate.]] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. — n. (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.