styptic

adjective

Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.

adjective

Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic.

noun

A styptic drug or substance.

Astringent; oonstrictive; binding.

Having the quality of checking hemorrhage or bleeding; stanching.

noun

An astringent; something causing constriction or constraint.

noun

A substance employed to check a flow of blood by application to the bleeding orifice or surface.

noun

A styptic medicine.

adjective

Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

adjective

an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.