Styptic

stip'tik, n. (Med.) A medicament which >erves to arrest hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part. — often used svnonymously with astringent.— Styp'tic, -ticaL, a. Producing contraction having the quality of restraining hemorrhage; astringent. [I styptique, Gr. stuptikos, astringent, fr. stuphein, to contract, draw together: Gr. sttiphos, a stump, E. stub, q. v.] — Styptidty, -tis'I-tl, n. Quality of being styptic; astringency.