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Definition of styptic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

styptic

adjective
 
/ˈstɪptɪk/
 
/ˈstɪptɪk/
(medical)
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  1. 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’.
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