See Also: stibonium(medicine)

styptic (iou) and stibonium (medicine)


styptic (iou)



styptic adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin stypticus from Greek stuptikos, from stuphein to contract: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Causing contraction of organs or tissue; harsh, acid, or raw to the palate. Now usu., astringent (lit. & fig.). LME.
Of a medicine, drug, etc.: that checks bleeding. LME.
styptic pencil a stick of styptic substance used to stem the bleeding of small cuts.
b. noun. A substance which promotes contraction of tissue; an astringent; now spec. a substance which checks bleeding, a haemostatic drug etc. LME.
styptical adjective (now rare or obsolete) = STYPTIC adjective E16.
styp'ticity noun styptic quality, astringency LME.
stypticness noun (now rare) = stypticity LME.

stibonium (medicine)


stibonium
<chemistry> The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium.

Synonym: antimonium.

Source: Websters Dictionary