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styptic

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styp·tic

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

—Related forms
styp·tic·i·ty  [stip-tis-i-tee] , styp·ti·cal·ness, noun
non·styp·tic, adjective
non·styp·ti·cal, adjective
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styptic (ˈstɪptɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  contracting the blood vessels or tissues
 
—n
2.  a styptic drug
 
[C14: via Late Latin, from Greek stuptikos capable of contracting; see stypsis]
 
stypticity
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

1styp·tic definition

Pronunciation: /ˈstip-tik/
Function: adj
: tending to check bleeding <the styptic effect of cold>
especially : having the property of arresting oozing of blood (as from a shallow surface injury) when applied to a bleeding part <styptic agent>

2styptic definition

Function: n
: an agent (as a drug) having a styptic effect
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styptic styp·tic (stĭp'tĭk)
adj.

  1. Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.

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

n.
A styptic drug or substance.
styp·tic'i·ty (-tĭs'ĭ-tē) n.

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