stypsis

[ stip-sis ]

noun

1. the employment or application of styptics.

stypsis

/ ˈstɪpsɪs /

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stypsis¹

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