styptic
serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding.
serving to check hemorrhage or bleeding, as a drug; hemostatic.
a styptic agent or substance.
Origin of styptic
1Other words from styptic
- styp·tic·i·ty [stip-tis-i-tee], /stɪpˈtɪs ɪ ti/, styp·ti·cal·ness, noun
- non·styp·tic, adjective
- non·styp·ti·cal, adjective
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How to use styptic in a sentence
Styptics are medicines which constrict the surface of a part, and prevent the effusion of blood, such as kino, &c.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleBrook was taken on board, bandages and styptics were applied, and in due season the youth recovered.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea | James O. BraymanSome drugs, called styptics, possess the power of contracting the walls of blood vessels and also of clotting the blood.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of AgricultureA surgeon attended on the pillory and instantly applied styptics to prevent the effusion of blood.
Haunted London | Walter ThornburyNow, what styptics, what antiphlogistics ought to be employed?
The Mysterious Island | Jules Verne
British Dictionary definitions for styptic
/ (ˈstɪptɪk) /
contracting the blood vessels or tissues
a styptic drug
Origin of styptic
1Derived forms of styptic
- stypticity (stɪpˈtɪsɪtɪ), noun
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