- styptic cotton
- styptic cotton n cotton that is prepared by impregnating with a styptic agent and drying and that is applied to minor wounds to stop bleeding
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cotton impregnated with a styptic solution and dried.
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styptic cotton
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alum — alum1 /al euhm/, n. Chem. 1. Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes. 2 … Universalium
