styptic


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Synonyms for styptic

a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

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2) Set out tools in advance: nail clippers, a thick towel and styptic powder to stop bleeding in case you clip a claw too short.
Hemostasis with agents such as styptic powder is easily achieved with the nail bed as opposed to a large lumen vessel such as the jugular vein.
While hemostatic agents, such as styptic pencils, have been on the market for minor shaving nicks and paper cuts, WoundSeal is the only product that can treat a broad range of external bleeding wounds, product developers contend.
Styptic internally, seeds as vermifuge Prunella vulgaris Linn.
Hemostasis is important--as the failure therein is embarrassing to hear about--and horse styptic powder, despite the suggestion of maximum effectiveness, seems an inadequate agent for controlling bleeding.
Included are a 112-page illustrated first aid book, a digital thermometer, a dog hydration drink mix, a tick remover, eye wash, penlight, hemostats, scissors, styptic pencil, hydrogen peroxide and many more items too numerous to mention here.
Much more effective than a traditional styptic pencil, KutKit Styps from Majestic Drug stop bleeding instantly.
Different parts of the plant are useful as cardiovascular tonic, alexteric, styptic and anthelmintic.
460BC: "The father of medicine", Hippocrates, dismisses the magical attributes of opium but acknowledges its usefulness as a narcotic and styptic in treating internal diseases and epidemics.
Coagulate the vessel with styptic, keeping 2.5 cm to 5 cm apart.
No theological text discusses the soul's in-drawing caused by a micro-quivering of one's nostrils at the styptic aroma of evergreen needles and bark.
The synthetic wax earplugs were less attractive and almost as dear, and I didn't know what a styptic pencil was, but it seemed reasonable at pounds 1.69.