What's the difference between stiptic and styptic?
Stiptic
Definition:
(a. & n.) See Styptic.
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Styptic
Definition:
(a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
(n.) A styptic medicine.
Example Sentences:
(1) One method relied primarily on hemostatic sutures, and the other involved the use of a styptic solution (Monsel's solution) and vaginal pack, thus avoiding the use of sutures altogether.
(2) The possibility of transmission of virus particles from patient to patient by multi-use silver nitrate sticks and styptic pencils and by cotton wool swabs that have been dipped repeatedly into Dewar flasks of liquid nitrogen was studied.