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Styptic logo #10101) Alum 2) Astringent 3) Hemostatic
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Styptic logo #10101) Astringent 2) Astringent drug 3) Binding 4) Hemostatic 5) Pencil for shavers 6) Pencil that halts bleeding 7) Pencil that limits bleeding
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styptic logo #22641drawing together; astringent
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Styptic logo #21002• (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. • (n.) A styptic medicine.
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styptic logo #21003(from the article `astringent`) ...from inflammations of the nasal, gastrointestinal, and urinary passages, astringents are also frequently employed to dry up excessive secretions ...
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Styptic logo #20575a substance that stops bleeding usually by contracting the tissue
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Styptic logo #20900Checking bleeding by contracting blood vessels.
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styptic logo #20973Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. ... <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. ... <medicine> A ...
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styptic logo #21001(stip´tik) contracting the tissues or blood vessels; used particularly to denote the stopping of hemorrhage by means of an astringent quality. something that has this quality. A chemical styptic works by causing formation of a blood clot by chemical action. A vascular styptic checks bleeding by causing the...
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styptic logo #10444stops bleeding
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Styptic logo #20972Styp'tic adjective [ Latin stypticus , Greek ..., from ... to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [ Written also stiptic .] Styptic weed (Botany) , an American l...
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Styptic logo #20972Styp'tic noun (Medicine) A styptic medicine.
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styptic logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: stip′tik Definitions: 1. Having an astringent or hemostatic effect. 2. An astringent agent used topically to stop bleeding. Synonyms: hemostyptic
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Styptic logo #23331Astringent
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styptic logo #20400[adj] - tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
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styptic logo #21009styptic, hemostyptic 1. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals. 2. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels. 3. Slowing down the rate of bleeding, or stopping bleeding altogether; whether by causing the blood vessels to contract or by accelerating clotting. 4. Anything that stops a hemorrhage; such...
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styptic logo #20974hemostatic adjective tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
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styptic logo #21199serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding. · serving to check hemorrhage or bleeding, as a drug; hemostatic.
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