hemostat
hemostat · hemostats
Gefäßklemme
An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flowAn instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
Meaning
1 sensesAn instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
Gefäßklemme
a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
clamp to close blood vessels:
Origin
From hemo- + -stat.From hemo- + -stat.
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Forms
plural: hemostatsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel:haemostat
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedmicrohemostat