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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals;
[syn: astringent, astringent drug, styptic]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels;
[syn: styptic, hemostatic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

styptic adj 1: tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: styptic, hemostatic] n 1: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: astringent, astringent drug, styptic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "styptic": alum, astringent, clamp, collapsible, compactable, compressible, compressor, constrictor, constringent, consumptive, contractible, contractile, contractional, contractive, contractor, deflationary, foldable, pincer, styptic pencil, vise