styptic
- noun
- /ˈstɪptɪk/
- Specialized
:
estíptico
- He used a styptic powder to quickly control the bleeding from his shaving accident.
Examples
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(He gave her unguents and a kind of styptic that burned but must coat the raw skin each day until new skin came) and wrap his hands and arms in fresh bandages?
Fiction book (1992) -
Concerning treatment, a poultice of figs and boiled onions mixed and simmered with fresh butter ripens styptic buboes.
Fiction book (1991) -
They were trying to get the styptic effect out of mescaline blood coagulation to stop bleeding.
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Vick's VapoRub, shaving cream, styptic pencil, mouthwash, an empty box of sinus relief tablets, and a lone penicillin capsule that had expired in July 1983.
Fiction book (1992) -
The nurse applied a styptic to the patient's cut to stop the bleeding.
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In a first aid kit, you should always have a styptic to treat minor wounds.
Synonyms
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A substance that tightens skin and stops small bleeding
A medicine that makes body tissues tighten to reduce bleeding or discharge
A substance that makes blood vessels narrower and raises blood pressure
Compounds
- Specialized
A leafy tropical shrub with a strong smell whose seeds are sometimes mixed with coffee
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
styptic = stypt + ic
Formed from a learned combining form (stypt-) + the suffix '-ic'; the root is not a productive English word and learners cannot infer 'stops bleeding' from the components.
Etymology
The word styptic comes from an old Greek root stypt- that means 'to press together' or 'to tighten', which you can think of like the English word 'press'. A styptic is a thing that makes skin and small blood vessels tighten to stop bleeding, so the origin explains its use.