Stypsis

(stip/-sis). I. Constipation. 2. The use of a styptic. itylohyal (sti-lo-hi'-al). One of ' the bones of the hyoid arch of vertebrates. Stylo hyoid. Resembling a stylus or slender, cylindric column. tylo-mastoid. Pertaining conjointly to the styloid and mastoid proce es. S.-m. Foramen, a foramen on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. It transmits the facial nerve. See Foramina, Table of. jitylo-maxillary. Pertaining to the styloid proce and the maxilla. tylo-pharyngeus Table of.. Same as Stylopodium. In biology, a disc-like enlargement occurring at the base of the style in some flowers, e.g., C'mbellifera: itylosanthes. A genus of leguminous plants including the Pencil Flcnuer; the herb S. elatior, which is of repute in relieving the irritability of the uterus during gestation. Dose of the fid. ext. tylospore. Same as Pycnospore. tylosporous (sti-los/-po-rus). Of the nature of a stylo spore. (sti - lo - staf '- it'- in), a bunch of grapes. Connected with or relating to the styloid proce of the temporal bone and the velum palati. (sti-lo-ste'-je-um). I. Having the property of checking hemorrhage. 2. A medicine or agent that causes vascular contraction of the blood-ve els. A hemostatic.