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Webster 1913 Edition
Styptic
Styp′tic
,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.Styp′tic
,Noun.
(Med.)
A styptic medicine.
Webster 1828 Edition
Styptic
STYPTIC
, STYPTICAL,Adj.
Definition 2024
styptic
styptic
English
Alternative forms
- styptick (obsolete)
Adjective
styptic (comparative more styptic, superlative most styptic)
- Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 328:
- Boyles turns to look over his shoulder, squinting into the styptic sun, and then flags a hand over his head.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 328:
- Specifically, that stops bleeding.
- 1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:
- The growth on top was a scrubby plant, unknown anywhere else on Malta, which was believed to have styptic qualities – it could staunch bleeding when packed on top of a wound […].
- 1959, Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon:
- But I waited while he dabbed at the cut with styptic powder.
- 1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:
Noun
styptic (plural styptics)
- A substance used for styptic results.
- 1876, Henry Beasley, The Book of Prescriptions
- The powdered gum with resin is used as a styptic; and the mucilage has been recommended as an application to burns.
- 1889, John Barclay Biddle, Materia Medica and Therapeutics: For Physicians and Students
- Externally, it is applied as a styptic, and in solution, of various strengths, as an astringent.
- 1990, A. L. Tommie Bass et al., Herbal Medicine Past and Present
- Knowledge of puffball's use as a styptic and for hemorrhoids reached Bass through the popular tradition.
- 1876, Henry Beasley, The Book of Prescriptions