Styptic: alternatives and connections

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

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Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

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A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystal…

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Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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The act or process of medicating.

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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

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Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

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Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

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Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.