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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

stypticus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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.

Noun.

(Med.)

A styptic medicine.

, STYPTICAL,

Adj.

[L., Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage.