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haemostat

haemostat noun: a clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.

Noun

haemostat (plural haemostats)

  1. (UK) A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.

Forms of haemostat

pluralhaemostats
alternative formhemostat

Origin of haemostat

From haemo- + -stat.

Words formed from haemostat

Questions about haemostat

What does haemostat mean?
Haemostat means a clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
What part of speech is haemostat?
Haemostat is a noun.
What is the plural of haemostat?
The plural of haemostat is haemostats.

Words near haemostat in the dictionary

  1. haemosporidians
  2. haemostaseology
  3. haemostases
  4. haemostasia
  5. haemostasis
  6. haemostat
  7. haemostatic
  8. haemostatics
  9. haemostats
  10. haemotachometer
  11. haemotachometers

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