The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stiptic \Stip"tic\, a. & n. (Med.)
   See Styptic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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   Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia
      occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
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