also  sti*lus  n, pl  sty*li  also  sty*lus*es  or  sti*li  or  sti*lus*es  :  an instrument for writing, marking, or incising: as  a  :  a hard-pointed instrument for punching the dots in writing braille with a braille slate  b  :  a device that traces a recording (as of an electrocardiograph) on paper .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Ci·tel·lus  stilus 
 
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