STYPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stypsis mean? 

• STYPSIS (noun)
  The noun STYPSIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STYPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

astringency; stypsis

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)