styp·tic (st p tk)adj. 1. Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent. 2. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic. n. A styptic drug or substance. [Middle English stiptik, from Old French stiptique, from Latin st  pticus, from Greek st ptikos, from stphein, to contract.]styp·tic i·ty (-ts-t ) n. |
stypticity
the property of being astringent or tending to halt bleeding by contraction of the tissues. — styptic, adj.
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