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Words related to styptic

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  • styptic pencil

    a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.

  • alum

    An alum is the same as an alumnus.

  • astringent

    An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.

  • ferric chloride

    a compound that in its anhydrous form, FeCl 3 , occurs as a black-brown, water-soluble solid; in its hydrated form, FeCl 3 ⋅xH 2 O, it occurs in orange-yellow, deliquescent crystals: used chiefly in engraving, for deodorizing sewage, as a mordant, and in medicine as an astringent and styptic.

  • hemostatic

    arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.

  • pencil

    a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
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