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stypticity

Variant of styptic

adjective

tending to halt bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent

Origin: LME stiptik < L stypticus < Gr styptikos, astringent < styphein, to contract: see stop

noun

any styptic substance

Related Forms:

stypticity noun

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