styptics
Clot-promoting agents
Styptics are substances that stop bleeding by contracting blood vessels or body tissues.
The term covers both medical agents used in surgery and everyday products like styptic pencils for shaving cuts.
He reached for the styptic pencil after nicking himself.
The singular styptic functions as noun or adjective: a styptic effect.
Liquid solidifying into mass
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- thrombinSerine protease enabling coagulation
- vasoconstrictionArterial walls contracting inward
hemostasis · epinephrine · adrenaline · fibrinogen · prothrombin · cauterization
coagulation
Liquid solidifying into mass
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- thrombinSerine protease enabling coagulation
vasoconstriction · hemostasis · epinephrine · adrenaline · fibrinogen · prothrombin · cauterization
pucker
Draw into wrinkles
tannins · dryness · firming · contract · pores · alum · aftershave · toning
gauze
Open-weave medical fabric
dressing · swab · laceration · cut · abrasion · incision · puncture
stypticsanticoagulants
Clot-preventing medications
blood thinners · thrombolytics · heparin · warfarin · aspirin
stypticsbandages
Strips covering wounds
sutures · emollients · lubricants · moisturizers · humectants
- styptic pencilMedicated rod stopping bleeding