styptic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: styptic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for styptic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
styptic adj tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels Synonym(s): styptic, hemostatic n a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals Synonym(s): astringent, astringent drug, 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.