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
- Some styptic pencils use it in their formulation.
- Medically it is used as an astringent and styptic.
- Potassium alum is an astringent/styptic and antiseptic.
- It is also used as a tattoo pigment and in styptic pencils.
- Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils.
- Then let the place be dressed with stanching and styptic remedies.
- Step 8Sprinkle styptic powder on the toenail if it begins to bleed.
- Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils. bullfroghrr
- The Knights used it as a styptic dressing for wounds and a cure for dysentery.
- Styptic is still a demo band, and can't be on a list of notable Nis rock acts.
- 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.