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stylograph
stylography
styloid
stylolite
stylophone
stylopid
stylus
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stypsis
styptic
styptic pencil
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stypsis
stypsis [ stípsiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
use of styptic: the use of a styptic substance, or its effect
[Late 19th century. Via late Latin< Greek stupsis< stuphein 'to contract']
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