Hemostat Definition

hēmə-stăt
noun
Anything used to stop bleeding.
Webster's New World
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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Other Word Forms of Hemostat

Noun

Singular:
hemostat
Plural:
hemostats

Origin of Hemostat

  • From Latin hemo- (from Ancient Greek haemo-), "blood" ; + -stata , "standing"

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HHEHEM

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TATTAT

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