2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stiptic \Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.) See {Styptic}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna. [1913 Webster]
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