Styptic Definition

stĭptĭk
adjective
Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.
American Heritage Medicine
Tending to halt bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.
Webster's New World

Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.

Wiktionary
Specifically, that stops bleeding.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
Any styptic substance.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Styptic

Noun

Singular:
styptic
Plural:
styptics

Origin of Styptic

  • Middle English stiptik from Old French stiptique from Latin stȳpticus from Greek stūptikos from stūphein to contract

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stypticus, from Ancient Greek στυπτικός (stuptikos), from στύφειν (stuphein, “to contract").

    From Wiktionary

Styptic Sentence Examples

  • Styptic powder is important to have on hand while clipping your dog's nails.

  • Medicinally, gallic acid has been, and is still, largely used as an astringent, styptic and haemostatic. Gallic acid, however, does not coagulate albumen and therefore possesses no local astringent action.

  • Alternatively you can buy some styptic pencils containing silver nitrate from the chemist to keep in your emergency box.

  • Any other type of bleeding should be stopped with direct pressure to the wound as well as styptic powder.

  • If you accidentally cut the quick, styptic powder will stop the bleeding and alleviate the pain.

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