Meanings
adjectivexylostyptic (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablemedicineApplied to a substance with styptic and hemostatic properties, made by dissolving tannic acid in a mixture of alcohol, ether, and collodion.
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with xylostyptic
cryptictriptychecliptictrypticdiptychstypticanaglypticanatripticbiellipticchromothripticchymotrypticeucalypticglyptichemostypticholocrypticlithoglypticlithotripticmatricrypticnoncrypticnontrypticparalipticprocrypticpseudocrypticquadriptych
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APA
xylostyptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylostyptic
MLA
“xylostyptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylostyptic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xylostyptic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylostyptic.
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