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styptic

Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

(Science: botany) Alternative forms: stiptic] Styptic weed, an American leguminous herb (cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.

Origin: L. Stypticus, Gr, fr. To contract.

(Science: medicine) A styptic medicine.