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A short stick of medication, usually anhydrous aluminum sulfate (a type of alum) or titanium dioxide, which is used for stanching blood by causing blood vessels to contract at the site of the wound. Also called hemostatic pencil.<\/p>\n

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Astringent or haemostatic; an agent that constricts tissue or blood vessels, stopping blood flow.<\/p>\n

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A substance that will slow or stop bleeding. Most styptics work as astringents, contracting the surrounding tissues, and halting the flow of blood.<\/p>\n

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Checking bleeding by contracting blood vessels.<\/p>\n

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A substance applied externally to stop bleeding by contracting the tissue and blood vessels.<\/p>\n

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Less than acute; pert, to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it.<\/p>\n

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Applications which check bleeding, either by making the blood vessels contract more firmly or by causing rapid clotting of the blood Some possess both modes of action.<\/p>\n

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Contracting a blood vessel; stopping a hemorrhage by astringent action.<\/p>\n

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A substance that stops or checks bleeding. It is usually an astringent which shrinks the tissues, thus closing exposed blood vessels.<\/p>\n

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A remedy that possesses both astringent and hemostatic properties, allowing it to constrict tissues and halt bleeding.<\/p>\n

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A substance, like alum or tannic acid, that controls bleeding by causing the blood vessels to constrict.<\/p>\n

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