Hypertext Webster Gateway: "styptic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
{Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia
occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.)
A styptic medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
styptic
adj : tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or
blood vessels [syn: {hemostatic}]
n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
[syn: {astringent}, {astringent drug}]
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