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styptic Definition


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styptic
adj
    1. Said of a drug or other substance: having the effect of stopping, slowing down or preventing bleeding, either by causing the blood vessels to contract or by accelerating the clotting of the blood.
noun
    1. A drug or other substance has this type of effect and which is used in the treatment of minor cuts, as well as bleeding disorders such as haemophilia.
Etymology: 14c: from Greek styptikos, from styphein to contract.



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