hemostatic
Americanadjective
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arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
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pertaining to stagnation of the blood.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hemostatic
Example Sentences
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Through animal experiments, the hemostatic agent demonstrated rapid acceleration of tissue adhesion and hemostasis in bleeding wounds, effectively preventing the infiltration of water containing infectious agents such as bacteria.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024
In light of this, the team engineered a hemostatic agent featuring an inner layer with mussel adhesion proteins for wound adhesion and an outer protective layer entirely composed of silkworm silk proteins.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024
Packets of hemostatic granules, she found out, can stop catastrophic bleeding; decompression needles can relieve pressure in a punctured chest.
From New York Times • May 28, 2022
What if you don’t have any hemostatic gauze?
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019
I then pinched the blood vessels with a pair of Dr. Pean's hemostatic pincers, washed the wound and applied a dressing, without making a single ligature.
From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by Alpheus, A.
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