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styptic
[ stip-tik ]
adjective
- serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding.
- serving to check hemorrhage or bleeding, as a drug; hemostatic.
noun
- a styptic agent or substance.
styptic
/ stɪpˈtɪsɪtɪ; ˈstɪptɪk /
adjective
- contracting the blood vessels or tissues
noun
- a styptic drug
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Derived Forms
- stypticity, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٲ·پ··ٲ [stip-, tis, -i-tee], ٲt··Ա noun
- ԴDz·ٲt adjective
- ԴDz·ٲt· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of styptic1
C14: via Late Latin, from Greek stuptikos capable of contracting; see stypsis
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The pilots transport medical supplies for cancer patients, first-aid kits for bone fractures, styptic drugs and medicines that need to be refrigerated, such as insulin.
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Herb robert smells musky when crushed, but the juice is a powerful styptic, stopping a cut or a thorn wound in seconds.
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Police say they found medical tape, nail files and styptic powder, used to stop bleeding.
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Also, styptic pencils to stanch cuts, and tampons, for nosebleeds, ominous inclusions in an environment where bodily fluids may be deadly.
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But I waited while he dabbed at the cut with styptic powder.
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