stypsis

[ stip-sis ]

noun
  1. the employment or application of styptics.

Origin of stypsis

1
1885–90; <Late Latin stȳpsis<Greek stŷpsis, equivalent to stȳp- (variant stem of stȳ́phein to contract) + -sis-sis

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British Dictionary definitions for stypsis

stypsis

/ (ˈstɪpsɪs) /


noun
  1. the action, application, or use of a styptic

Origin of stypsis

1
C19: via New Latin from Late Latin: astringency, from Greek stupsis, from stuphein to contract

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