styptic

styp·tic

1. Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.
2. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic.

Origin: Middle English stiptik, from Old French stiptique, from Latin stȳpticus, from Greek stūptikos, from stūphein, to contract.

Related Forms:

• stypticity styp·ticˈi·ty (-tĭsˈĭ-tē) noun