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Definition of Stypsis
1. Noun. The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
Generic synonyms: Contractility
Attributes: Astringent, Nonastringent
Derivative terms: Astringent, Styptic
Definition of Stypsis
1. Noun. astringency ¹
2. Noun. The use, or the action of a styptic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stypsis
1. the use of a styptic [n -SISES] - See also: styptic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stypsis
Literary usage of Stypsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medicinisch-chirurgische Rundschau (1866)
"Heftiges Fieber, Zunge rein oder weiss belegt, stypsis, selten Durchfall,
wiederholtes Erbrechen. Nachdem die Konvulsionen geschwunden, verbleiben die ..."
2. Diseases of Metabolism and of the Blood: Animal Parasites, Toxicology by Richard Clarke Cabot, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"The patient is, however, greatly debilitated; headache, vomiting, stypsis and
dyspepsia continue, and frequently in the period of convalescence death occurs ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"... from ot,,/*/**, 'that which constricts or thickens.' The most solid ointments.
Also, the ingredients proper for increasing their consistence. stypsis ..."
4. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"... 'thnt which constricts or thickens.') The most solid ointments. Also, the
ingredients proper for increasing their consistence. stypsis ..."
5. Papers of the Archæological Institute of America by Archaeological Institute of America (1882)
"... were Greek quarry- men from stypsis, a village upon the slopes of Mount Elias,1
near the northern coast of Mytilene. Later on came Greeks from Ivalee, ..."
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