Meaning

1 senses
  1. A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).

    I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.

    Alaunstift, Blutstillstift, blutstillender Stift

Examples

1 sentences
  1. An astringent, like an alum block or styptic pencil, helps close and heal small cuts after shaving.

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
short medicated stick used to stop bleeding:

Forms

plural: styptic pencils
Singularstyptic pencil
Pluralstyptic pencils

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
styptic stick

Word family

1 related words

See also

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