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   styptic

   /ˈstɪptɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a substance) capable of causing bleeding to stop when it is applied to a wound.

   noun

   • 1. a styptic substance.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek stuptikos, from stuphein ‘to contract’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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