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styp·tic

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–adjective Also, styp·ti·cal.

1.	serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding.

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

–noun

3.	a styptic agent or substance.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL stȳpticus < Gk stȳpikós contractile, equiv. to stȳp- (see stypsis) + -tikos -tic

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styp·tic Audio Help (stĭp'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.
Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic.

n. A styptic drug or substance.

[Middle English stiptik, from Old French stiptique, from Latin stȳpticus, from Greek stūptikos, from stūphein, to contract.]

styp·tic'i·ty (-tĭs'ĭ-tē) n.

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styptic

c.1400, from O.Fr. stiptique, from L. stypticus "astringent," from Gk. styptikos, from styphein "to constrict, draw together." Spelling influenced by L. and Gk. words.

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styptic
adjective
1.	tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
noun
1.	a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: astringent]

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Styptic

Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.) See Styptic.

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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.

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