styptic

IPA: stˈɪptɪk

noun

  • A substance used for styptic results.

adjective

  • Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
  • (medicine, by extension) That stops bleeding.
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Examples of "styptic" in Sentences

  • Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils.
  • Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils. bullfroghrr
  • But I wonder whether you could affix a styptic pencil to the contraption, too.
  • The Low Latin equivalent of the Arabic _tubb [= a] q_ "styptic," is _bitumen_, whence
  • I will get a styptic pencil, or a bandage, or some concrete mortar, and you will be good as new in just a minute.
  • They want shaved faces, preferably with little pieces of toilet paper stuck to them or the faint aroma of a styptic pencil.
  • I found him in the lavatory, straight razor in hand, his half-shaven chin dotted in styptic, the water of his bowl a not unpleasant shade of pink.
  • I never met a writer who didn't bleed at the slightest unfavorable comment, and no number of favorable or even ecstatic remarks will serve as a styptic pencil.
  • Smaller than this Common Burnet is the Salad Burnet, _Poterium sanguisorba, quod sanguineos fluxus sistat_, a useful [431] styptic, which is also cordial, and promotes perspiration.
  • I had prepped precocious Cindy Hammer for a feature on Camp Pa-He-Tsi in Winnisquam, Michigan, using every tool in my portable makeup kit; styptic pencil, upper armpit blusher, highlighter.

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