STYPTIC

styptic. Styptic, n. an astringent medicin or lotion

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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.