Look up: hemostat

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   hemostat
   [n] - a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
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   hemostat
   haemostat noun a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
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   Hemostat
   Invented by Stephen Hales in the eighteenth century, a `hemostat`, also called a `hemostatic clamp` is a surgical tool which resembles a set of scissors with a locking clamp replacing the blade. A set of hemostats comes in several different sizes and types, for example, Kelly, Crile, and Halsted; and any given surgery may require the use of a number of hemostats. A hemostat is commonly used in both surgery and emergency medicine to control bleed...
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   hemostat
   (he´mo-stat) an instrument, such as a clamp, that stops hemorrhage by compressing a bleeding vessel. a chemical or mechanical agent that stops hemorrhage from an open vessel.
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   hemostat
   (from the article `surgery`) During an operation, hemostasis (the arresting of bleeding) is achieved by use of the hemostat, a clamp with ratchets that grasps blood vessels or ...
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