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ep•i•pas•tic
(ep′ə pas′tik),USA pronunciation [Med.]
adj.
n.
adj.
- Medicinesuitable for use as a dusting powder.
n.
- Medicinean epipastic substance or preparation.
- Greek epípast(os) sprinkled over (verbid of epipássein, equivalent. to epi- epi- + pássein to sprinkle) + -ic
- 1700–10