stiptic

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stiptic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stiptic \Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.)
     See Styptic.
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  Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.]
     Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality
     of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;
     astringent. [Written also stiptic.]
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     Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia  occidentalis
        ) closely related to the wild senna.
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