a. Obs. rare. [ad. mod.L. sticticus (Paracelsus), of obscure origin.
A marginal note in Paracelsi Opera (1638), III. I. 20/1—‘Sticticum emplastrum, alias pro punctura, Germ. Ein Stichpflaster’—apparently explains the word as derived from G. stich, a stab, puncture.]
Of a plaster: Serving to close up wounds.
1638. A. Read, Chirurg., iii. 20. Paracelsus undoubtedly framed his stictick emplaster after this description.
