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styptic

adj :  tending to check bleeding <the effect of cold>  : esp  :  having the property of arresting oozing of blood (as from a shallow surface injury) when applied to a bleeding part < agent> 
n :  an agent (as a drug) having a styptic effect .
 
 

 
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