Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Adjective: styptic  stip-tik
  1. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
    - hemostatic [N. Amer], haemostatic [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: styptic  stip-tik
  1. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
    - astringent, astringent drug

Derived forms: styptics

See also: astringent

Type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Styptic

Nearest

stylopodium
stylostixis
stylus
stylus printer
stymie
stymy
Styphelia
Styphelia humifusum
Styphelia triflora
stypsis
styptic
styptic weed
Styracaceae
styracosaur
styracosaurus
styrax
styrax family
Styrax japonicum
Styrax obassia
Styrax texana
styrene