styptic English

Meaning styptic meaning

What does styptic mean?

styptic

— adjective tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

— noun (= astringent) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

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What other words have the same or similar meaning as styptic?

styptic English » English

hemostatic

astringent

astringent drug

styptical

stanch

restringent

hemostyptic

hemostatic agent

hemostat

haemostatic

binding

adstringent