constrictīvus, a, um, adj. [constringo],
drawing together, contracting, astringent (in later medic. writers): cibi, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 3 fin. : virtutis esse, id. Acut. 2, 18 al.—Adv.: constrictīvē , astringently : tractare aliquid, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 38.