That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage.
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Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
A styptic medicine.
STYPTIC, STYPTICAL adjective [Latin , Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage.
A medicine which has the quality of stopping hemorrhage or discharges of blood. Styptics have the quality of astringents, but the word styptic is used in a sense different from that of astringent, and much more limited. Styptics are usually external applications for restraining discharges of blood; astringents are usually internal applications for stopping bleeding , or for strengthening the solids. Astringent is the general term; styptic a subdivision of it.
The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
Sourness Roget’s Thesaurus §397
N. sourness, acid, acidity, low ph, # acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation, vinegar, verjuice, crab, alum, acetic acid, lactic acid
Adj. sour, acid, acidulous, acidulated, tart, crabbed, acetous, acetose, acerb, acetic, sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent, subacid, styptic, hard, rough
Phr. sour as a lemon, (4) odor
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