styptic's Usage Examples:

They thus act locally as haemostatics or styptics, and will often arrest severe haemorrhage from parts which are accessible, such as the nose.

If you accidentally cut the quick, styptic powder will stop the bleeding and alleviate the pain.

Any other type of bleeding should be stopped with direct pressure to the wound as well as styptic powder.

Some examples of styptic powder are Kwik-Stop and CutStop.

Make sure you have some kind of styptic powder or pencil around in case you cut too deeply and cause the vein to bleed.

Alternatively you can buy some styptic pencils containing silver nitrate from the chemist to keep in your emergency box.

Immediately place styptic power on the nail.

, a powerful haemostatic; position, such as elevation of the limb, valuable in bleeding from the extremities; styptics or astringents, applied locally, as perchloride of iron, tannic acid and others, the most valuable being suprarenal extract.

Medicinally, gallic acid has been, and is still, largely used as an astringent, styptic and haemostatic.

styptic pencils containing silver nitrate from the chemist to keep in your emergency box.

Synonyms:

hemostatic, astringent,

Antonyms:

nonastringent, sweet, over-the-counter drug,