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styptic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hemostatic |
| Derivation | stypsis |
styptic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | astringent, astringent drug |
| Type of | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
| Has types | alum |
Examples of styptic
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The Knights used it as a styptic dressing for wounds and a cure for dysentery.
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Keep styptic powder on hand in case you make a mistake.
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Alum is still used today in styptic pencils to stem bleeding and in recipes for pickling cucumbers.
From the sciencedaily.com
Her jokes tighten scenes with styptic doses of reality.
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It is also used as a tattoo pigment and in styptic pencils.
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To stop the bleeding, put cornflour or styptic powder from the chemist on the nail, and apply pressure until the bleeding stops.
From the couriermail.com.au
It is styptic and astringent.
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Alum, or ammonium aluminum sulfate, is an odorless, white crystal or powder found in several household products including some baking powder and styptic pencils.
From the post-gazette.com
Sushruta has pointed out that haemorrhage can be arrested by apposition of the cut edges with stitches, application of styptic decoctions, by cauterisation with chemicals or heat.
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- Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
- Astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- An antihemorrhagic (antihaemorrhagic) agent is a substance that promotes hemostasis (stops bleeding). It may also be known as a hemostatic (also spelled haemostatic) agent.
- A substance used for styptic results; Bringing about contraction of tissues, especially to stop bleeding
- (Styptics) Drugs which absorb blood and stop bleeding.
- (Styptics) available in pencil or powder form, are used to stop bleeding if a quick is cut during nail trimming.
- Herbs that arrest or reduce external bleeding due to astringent action on blood vessels: yarrow, horsetail, cayenne, plantain.
- Stops external bleeding; usually an astringent
- (action) stops bleeding when applied externally.
