Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The action or application of a styptic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The producing of a styptic effect; the effect produced.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun astringency
  • noun The use, or the action of a styptic

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin stȳpsis, from Greek stūpsis, from stūphein, to contract.]

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