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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STYPTIC

Via Late Latin, from Greek stuptikos capable of contracting.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STYPTIC

styptic  [ˈstɪptɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STYPTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Styptic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STYPTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

styptic

Antihemorrhagic

An antihemorrhagic agent is a substance that promotes hemostasis. It may also be known as a hemostatic agent. A styptic is a specific type of antihemorrhagic agent that works by contracting tissue to seal injured blood vessels. Styptic pencils contain astringents. Antihemorrhagic agents used in medicine have various mechanisms of action: ▪ Systemic drugs work by inhibiting fibrinolysis or promoting coagulation. ▪ Locally-acting hemostatic agents work by causing vasoconstriction or promoting platelet aggregation.

Definition of styptic in the English dictionary

The definition of styptic in the dictionary is contracting the blood vessels or tissues. Other definition of styptic is a styptic drug.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STYPTIC


anaglyptic
ˌænəˈɡlɪptɪk
apocalyptic
əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk
chymotryptic
ˌkaɪməʊˈtrɪptɪk
Coptic
ˈkɒptɪk
cryptic
ˈkrɪptɪk
diptych
ˈdɪptɪk
ecliptic
ɪˈklɪptɪk
elliptic
ɪˈlɪptɪk
glyptic
ˈɡlɪptɪk
lithonthryptic
ˌlɪθɒnˈθrɪptɪk
lithontriptic
ˌlɪθɒnˈtrɪptɪk
lithotriptic
ˌlɪθəʊˈtrɪptɪk
optic
ˈɒptɪk
polyptych
ˈpɒlɪptɪk
postapocalyptic
ˌpəʊstəˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk
procryptic
prəʊˈkrɪptɪk
septic
ˈsɛptɪk
synaptic
sɪˈnæptɪk
triptych
ˈtrɪptɪk
tryptic
ˈtrɪptɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STYPTIC

stylopodium
stylops
stylostixes
stylostixis
stylus
styme
stymie
stymied
stymies
stymy
stypsis
styptic pencil
styptical
stypticity
styracaceous
styrax
styrene
Styria
Styrofoam
styte

WORDS THAT END LIKE STYPTIC

antiepileptic
aseptic
dyspeptic
epileptic
Eurosceptic
fiber optic
fibre optic
haptic
narcoleptic
neuroleptic
obliquity of the ecliptic
organoleptic
orthoptic
panoptic
peptic
postsynaptic
presynaptic
sceptic
skeptic
synoptic

Synonyms and antonyms of styptic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «styptic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STYPTIC

Find out the translation of styptic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of styptic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «styptic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

止血
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

styptic
570 millions of speakers

English

styptic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कसैला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العقول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кровоостанавливающее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hemostático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্তস্রাবরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

styptique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Styptic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blutstillende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

止血剤
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지혈제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Styptic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thu liểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

styptic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक तुरट पदार्थ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanamayı durdurucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asrtingente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściągający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кровоспинний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

styptic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στυπτικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloedstelpend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

styptic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

styptic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of styptic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STYPTIC»

The term «styptic» is regularly used and occupies the 85.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STYPTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «styptic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «styptic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about styptic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STYPTIC»

Discover the use of styptic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to styptic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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SPIN
Among the coolest items available at the drugstore (and not just because "styptic" is such an excellent word), styptic pencils are so visually and functionally unglamorous they've never gotten their due, even during their heyday decades ago.
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Thirty-five Years in the East: Adventures, Discoveries, ...
Dttlorla, discharge of blood. Bute* gummi, styptic. Case. Fist., congestions. Chelidon. maj., styptic. Cinnam.fl., stimulating and also stopping haemorrhage. Corall. usta, application stops bleeding. Tofh. Croc, sat., dark coloured blood. Cubeba ...
John Martin Honigberger, 1852
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Materia Medica; Or, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
barks of Cinchona, which contain a sufiicient amount of the Styptic principle to render them efiicient as respects this operation, and as I presume, sufiicient of the Styptic principle to subtract some what from their Tonic power. If any of the crude  ...
William Tully, 1858
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The Medical Times and Gazette
In a patient belonging to Dr.}Willis, of Barnes, in whom profuse haemorrhage was taking place from the rectum, the styptic solution was used as an injection, at the suggestion of the speaker. The hemorrhage was effectually checked; it was ...
‎1852
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Pharmacology ReCap 2.0 for Bachelor of Dentistry Students
Styptic pencil: A styptic or hemostatic pencil is a short stick of medication, usually Styptic pencil: A styptic or hemostatic pencil is a short stick of medication, usually Styptic pencil: A styptic or hemostatic pencil is a short stick of medication, ...
Dr. J. G. Buch
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The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged ...
A Reed is of a sweet- bitter and mucilaginous Taste ; it absterges by the bitter without Acrimony, and cools by the mucilage subacrid Styptic, by which 'tis a Rum . Sagittaria is sweet, subacrid, and styptic, by which it is a Rulh. Alga Marina is ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, 1749
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The Philosophical Transactions (from the Year 1700 to the ...
A Reed is of a sweet bitter and mucilaginous Taste, it absterges by the bitter without Acrimony, and cools by the Mucilage Subacrid Styptic, by which 'tis a Rush. . , Sagittaria is sweet, Subacrid and Styptic, by which it is aRuih. Alga Marina is ...
Henry Jones, Royal Society (Great Britain), 1731
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Philosophical Transactions
I boyled Horse-my! a handful in a pint of Water, and I found the Decoction to taile very Styptic with a bitterishness, and tle Decoclbn looked like Small Bcer, the Taste being like RLshLS : I concluded it to be of' the same Class. The Styptic Virtue ...
‎1704
9
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
A Reed is ot a sweet bitter and mucilaginous Taste, it absterges by the bitter without Acrimony, and cools by the Mucilage Subacrid Styptic, by which 'tis a Rush. Sagittaria is sweet, Subacrid and Styptic, by which it is a Rusiu Alga Marina is ...
Royal society of London, 1721
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Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the ...
... the effects were greatest, when the lightning was nearest ; and that, for some moments after the. lightning, the effect ceased, but returned and increased by degrees. XCIV. Mons. Faget'j Remarks on the U/e, &c.ofthe Styptic, purchased XCIV.
John Martyn ((Londres)), James Allestry ((Londres)), Henry Oldenburg, 1753

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STYPTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term styptic is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Hawaii Five-0′: You clean up good, McGarrett
While they wait for help, McG tries to keep Josh alive by SHOVING A STYPTIC PENCIL INTO THE FOOL BULLET HOLE. EEP! That has got to sting. Moonlight ... «seattlepi.com, Mar 15»
2
A Nurse Decides to Get Hands-On in the Ebola Zone
Also, styptic pencils to stanch cuts, and tampons, for nosebleeds, ominous inclusions in an environment where bodily fluids may be deadly. Ms. Hallen has ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
3
Innovative oral rehydration tablets and leading footcare products to …
The company will also be exhibiting Portia Pessaries, Bray Pharmacy Sundries, Nix Styptic Pencils and Avoca Caustics. Senior executives from the company will ... «Zawya, Jan 15»
4
Natural crystal deodorant contains aluminum
It also has been used in skin care for its astringent (drying) and styptic (stops bleeding) properties. Alternatives include baking soda, rubbing alcohol, vinegar or ... «The Seattle Times, Nov 14»
5
'Metal Gear Solid 3,' I Love You with All My Heart
How I have to fix it, with splint and styptic. This big, big man, this military machine—and it's me who has to dig out the slugs and sew up the holes. It's about how ... «VICE, Oct 14»
6
Seemingly superficial wounds can cut like a knife
For men's faces, Rapaport suggests an aluminum chloride stick — also known as a styptic pencil — available at the drugstore. "It hurts like hell to put it right on ... «NorthJersey.com, Sep 14»
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All That Newfangled Shaving Gear Can't Compare to the Old …
There is, after all, a reason why my kit came with a styptic pencil to stop the bleeding. Your skin also has to adjust, as you are essentially scraping a layer off the ... «Wired, Aug 14»
8
Žanr: Metal/Alternative metal
Među one fine cvetove definitivno možemo ubrojati ekipu iz Niša Styptic. Još od kad su se pojavili sa EP-jem Junkyard, videlo se da tu ima šlifa i materijala za ... «BalkanRock.com, Jul 14»
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The best way to clip your dog's nails
Make sure you have a good, sharp pair of dog friendly nail trimmers, a damp paper towel and some styptic sticks or powder (baking soda works pretty well, too). «WBTV, Nov 13»
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the rambling boy
... how to use a styptic pencil in case I did. I still use that metal shaving mug. It has become dented and battered over the years, but I cannot bear to throw it away. «Bigbendnow, Oct 13»

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