Adjective styptic has 1 sense
  1. styptic, hemostatic - tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
    Antonym: nonastringent (indirect, via astringent)
,Noun styptic has 1 sense
  1. astringent, astringent drug, styptic - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
    --1 is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
    --1 has particulars: alum
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