Meaning

1 senses
  1. An 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 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clamp to close blood vessels:

Origin

From hemo- + -stat.

From hemo- + -stat.

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Forms

plural: hemostats

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel:haemostat

Word family

3 related words

See also

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hemostat — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto