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Hemostat
see synonyms of hemostatNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Hemostat
see synonyms of hemostat noun
anything used to stop bleeding
; specif.,a.
a clamplike instrument used in surgery
b.
a medicine that hastens clotting
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Hemostat
see synonyms of hemostatn.
1. An agent, such as a chemical, that stops bleeding.
2. A clamplike instrument used to compress a blood vessel in order to reduce or arrest the flow of blood during surgery.
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