Category:Attrahent

At"tra*hent, a. Etym: [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.]

Defn: Attracting; drawing; attractive.

At"tra*hent, n.

1. That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.