HyperDic: hemostatic

English > 1 sense of the word hemostatic:
ADJECTIVEallhemostatic, styptictending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
English > hemostatic: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningtending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels.
Synonymstyptic
Broaderastringenttending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
Spanishhemostático
Catalanhemostàtic
Nounshemostasissurgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

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