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styptic
adjective
[ ˈstɪptɪk ]
• (of a substance) capable of causing bleeding to stop when it is applied to a wound.
styptic
noun
• a styptic substance.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek stuptikos, from stuphein ‘to contract’.
