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he⋅mo⋅stat⋅ic

[hee-muh-stat-ik, hem-uh-]
–adjective Medicine/Medical.
1. arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
2. pertaining to stagnation of the blood.
–noun
3. a hemostatic agent or substance.

Origin:
1700–10; hemo- + static
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he·mo·stat·ic   (hē'mə-stāt'ĭk)   
adj.  Acting to arrest bleeding or hemorrhage.
n.  A hemostatic device or agent.

[hemo- + Greek statikos, causing to stop; see static.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1he·mo·stat·ic
Variant: or chiefly British hae·mo·stat·ic /"hE-m&-'stat-ik/
Function:noun
: an agent that checks bleeding; especially : one that shortens the clotting time of blood

Main Entry: 2hemostatic
Variant: or chiefly British haemostatic
Function: adjective
1 : of or caused by hemostasis
2 : serving to check bleeding hemostatic agent>
Medical Dictionary

hemostatic he·mo·stat·ic (hē'mə-stāt'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Arresting the flow of blood within the vessels.

  2. Arresting hemorrhage.

n.
A hemostatic device or agent.

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