Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract.]
   Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality
   of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;
   astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.]

   {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia
      occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna.

Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.)
   A styptic medicine.

Source : WordNet®

styptic
     adj : tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or
           blood vessels [syn: {hemostatic}]
     n : a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
         [syn: {astringent}, {astringent drug}]