Usually means: Substances that stop bleeding quickly.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. styptics: Merriam-Webster
  2. styptics: Collins English Dictionary
  3. styptics: Vocabulary.com
  4. styptics: Wordnik
  5. styptics: Wiktionary
  6. styptics: Dictionary.com
  7. Styptics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. styptics: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. styptics: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. styptics: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. styptics: Medical dictionary

(Note: See styptic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (styptic)

adjective:  Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
adjective:  (medicine, by extension) That stops bleeding; especially, in a minor way, topically.
noun:  A substance used for styptic results.
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