Found 2 items, similar to styptic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: styptic styptic adj : tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: hemostatic] n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: astringent, astringent drug]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Styptic Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] [1913 Webster] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis ) closely related to the wild senna. [1913 Webster] Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine. [1913 Webster]