Adjective: styptic stip-tik
- Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
"The nurse applied styptic gauze to the wound";
- hemostatic [N. Amer], haemostatic [Brit, Cdn]
- A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
"He applied a styptic to stop the bleeding";
- astringent, astringent drug
Derived forms: styptics
See also: astringent
Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
Encyclopedia: Styptic