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styptic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus Gr ?, fr ? to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.] {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: styptic adj : tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: {hemostatic}] n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: {astringent}, {astringent drug}]
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