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stypsis

[ stip-sis ]

noun

  1. the employment or application of styptics.

stypsis

/ ˈstɪpsɪs /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stypsis1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stypsis1

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

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