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stypsis

[ stip-sis ]
/ ˈstɪp sɪs /
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noun
the employment or application of styptics.
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Origin of stypsis

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
the action, application, or use of a styptic

Word Origin for stypsis

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