STYPTIC

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

A styptic medicine.


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