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1. a. Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. Source: opted
2. n. A styptic medicine. Source: opted
3. adj. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels Source: wordnet
4. n. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals Source: wordnet
5. s. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels Source: ecdict

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bleeding tissues blood check contracting contraction tending vessels applied astringent body canals causes drug hemorrhage medicine part producing quality restraining stopping

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