hemostatic

[ hee-muh-stat-ik, hem-uh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Medicine/Medical.

First recorded in 1700–10; hemo- + static

Helonias, or false unicorn (Chamaelirium luteum), is asserted to be a hemostatic and uterine tonic.

The claims of hemostatic efficiency and harmlessness for Coagulen by the manufacturer appear exaggerated and unjustified.

Object: To test the claims of thromboplastic and hemostatic activities.

The surgeon, who had provided himself with hemostatic preparations, hastened to arrest the hemorrhage.

This agent has also a marked hemostatic power and is used to some extent on this account in nose and throat work.

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