Definition of Styptic. Meaning of Styptic. Synonyms of Styptic

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Definition of Styptic

Styptic
Styptic Styp"tic, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
Styptic
Styptic Styp"tic, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine.

Meaning of Styptic from wikipedia

- available in three forms—as a granular powder poured on wounds, as a "styptic pencil" or embedded in a dressing. Microfibrillar collagen hemostat (MCH)...
- Ferric subsulfate solution is a styptic or hemostatic agent used after superficial skin biopsies. Ferric subsulfate solution is also known as basic ferric...
- has cosmetic uses as a deodorant, as an aftershave treatment and as a styptic for minor bleeding from shaving. Pot****ium alum was also known to the Ancient...
- pickling), and to fire-proof paper and cloth. Alum is also used as a styptic, in styptic pencils available from pharmacists, or as an alum block, available...
- nail. This bleeding should be stopped as soon as possible with the use of styptic gel or powder. Sharp pointed toenails can be blunted by simply filing the...
- interior and have "no gills or other imperfections". Puffballs are a known styptic and have long been used as wound dressing, either in powdered form or as...
- Senna occidentalis, commonly known as coffee senna, styptic weed, or septicweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native...
- as a treatment for minor skin cuts, and are not to be confused with a styptic pencil. The silver and pot****ium nitrates in caustic pencils is in a dried...
- the Romans, and used as a diuretic, a local anesthetic for the skin, a styptic, and for other uses. Charlemagne recommended the plant for cultivation...
- (D. chrysotricha) furnishes silky hairs, which were once imported as a styptic, and the long silky or wooly hairs, abundant on the stem and frond-leaves...