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Meaning of styptic pencil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).

Equivalents

Deutsch Alaunstift blutstillender Rasierstift blutstillender Stift

Español barrita astringente

Português lápis estríptico lápis hemostático

Examples

“I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

styptic tree stypticity Stypven Stypven time Styr styracin