Definitions of styptic [ˈstɪp tɪk]

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Definition of 'styptic'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (Also,) styptic
serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding.

2. styptic
serving to check hemorrhage or bleeding, as a drug; hemostatic.

3. (n.) styptic
a styptic agent or substance.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL st&ymacr;pticus < Gk st&ymacr;ptikós astringent <st&ymacracute;phein to contract)

Definition of 'styptic'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) astringent, astringent drug, styptic
a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

2. (adj) styptic, hemostatic
tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

Definition of 'styptic'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) styptic
producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent

2. (noun) styptic
a styptic medicine

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