styptic
adjective/ˈstɪptɪk/
/ˈstɪptɪk/
(medical)- able to stop the loss of blood from a wound
- I use a styptic pencil on shaving cuts.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek stuptikos, from stuphein ‘to contract’.Want to learn more?
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