English Explanatory Dictionary

haemostat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.

Word forms

haemostat haemostats hemostat

Etymology

From haemo- + -stat.

Derived words

haemostasis haemostatic
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