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ASTRINGENCIA [1 record]

Record 1 2001-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Food Industries
OBS

astringent. Producing contraction; capable of or tending to shrink or pucker tissues or mucous membranes.

OBS

astringency: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

astringence : Terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR.

OBS

astringent. Se dit d'un produit qui resserre les tissus vivants et diminue les sécrétions. (Les produits astringents les plus connus sont le tanin et ses dérivés [...], l'eau des feuilles de noyer, le jus de citron [...] et l'alun [...]

OBS

astringent. Synonyme rare : restringent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Industria alimentaria
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