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STYPSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
Synonyms:
astringency; stypsis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stypsis" is a kind of...):
contractility (the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter)
Attribute:
astringent (tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue)
nonastringent (not astringent)
Derivation:
styptic (tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels)
