Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Styptic
Styp′tic (stĭp′tĭk), a. [L. stypticus, Gr. στυπτικός, fr. στύφειν to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.]
Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
Styp′tic, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine.