styptic

from 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}]

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

Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.)
   A styptic medicine.
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from 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

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