restrictivus Save DMLBS restrictivus [CL restrictus p. ppl. of restringere+-ivus], restrictive, (med.) astringent. b (as sb. n.) restrictive or astringent medicine. si vero nimis fluant orificia venarum, restringantur ~is medicinis Bart. Angl. VII 53. b levibus ~is positis supra frontem Gilb. III 153. 1.