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Answer for the clue "Styptic ", 10 letters:
hemostatic

Word definitions for hemostatic in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: styptic ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to hemostasis 2 That checks bleeding; styptic n. Any medicine that stops bleeding.

Usage examples of hemostatic.

In addition to the cash income from the notions store and the hemostatic rags, which sufficed for her modest life, she had multiplied her savings by lending them to a clientele made up of the embarrassed new poor, who accepted her excessive interest rates for the sake of her discretion.