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Definition of: styptic
(stip′tik) adjective
1. Causing contraction of living tissues, as blood vessels.
2. Preventing hemorrhage; astringent: a styptic pencil. Also styp′ti·cal.
—noun A substance or agent that arrests bleeding. [<L stypticus <Gk. styptikos <stypsis a contraction. See STYPSIS.]
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