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| styp·tic [ stíptik ] |
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able to stop bleeding: slowing down the rate of bleeding or stopping bleeding altogether, whether by causing the blood vessels to contract or by accelerating clotting
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noun (plural styp·tics) |
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styptic substance: a styptic drug, cream, or lotion
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| [14th century. Via late Latin< Greek stuptikos< stuphein "to contract"] |
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