Thesaurus: styptic
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
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Definitions
- a. Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
- n. A styptic medicine.
- adj. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
- n. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- s. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels