Meanings
nounstyptic pencil (plural styptic pencils)
plural styptic pencils
- A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.
Synonyms: styptic stick
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
Similar
styptic stick
Translations
German Alaunstift, Blutstillstift
- Alaunstiftshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
- Blutstillstiftshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
- blutstillender Stiftshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
- blutstillender Rasierstiftshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
- Rasierstiftshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
Portuguese lápis hemostático, lápis estríptico
- lápis hemostáticoshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
- lápis estrípticoshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
Spanish barrita astringente
- barrita astringenteshort medicated stick used to stop bleeding
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APA
styptic pencil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/styptic%20pencil
MLA
“styptic pencil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/styptic%20pencil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “styptic pencil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/styptic%20pencil.
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