haemostat
haemostat · haemostats
A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleedingA clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
Meaning
1 senses(UK)A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
Origin
From haemo- + -stat.From haemo- + -stat.
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Forms
plural: haemostatsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel:hemostat
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedhaemostatic