HyperDic: stypsis

English > 1 sense of the word stypsis:
NOUNattributestypsis, astringencythe ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
English > stypsis: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
MeaningThe ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
Synonymastringency
Attributesastringenttending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
nonastringentnot astringent
BroadercontractilityThe capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
Spanishastringencia
Catalanastrigència
Adjectivesstyptictending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

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