stypticity

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styp·tic

S0831100 (stĭp′tĭk)adj.1. Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent.2. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic.n. A styptic drug or substance.
[Middle English stiptik, from Old French stiptique, from Latin stȳpticus, from Greek stūptikos, from stūphein, to contract.]
styp·tic′i·ty (-tĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

stypticity

the property of being astringent or tending to halt bleeding by contraction of the tissues. — styptic, adj.See also: Blood and Blood Vessels