Thesaurus: styptic

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1. a. Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
2. n. A styptic medicine.
3. adj. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
4. n. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
5. Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna. A styptic medicine.
6. Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality ofrestraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.[Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminousherb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
7. s. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels