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haemostatic (iou)



haemostatic noun & adjective. . E18.
[from HAEMO- + -STATIC.]
A. noun.
A substance that arrests bleeding, a styptic. E18.
In pl. (treated as sing.). The hydrostatics of the blood. M18-M19.
b. adjective. Having the property of arresting bleeding, styptic; serving to prevent the flow of blood. M19.
'haemostat noun an instrument for preventing blood flow by compression of a blood-vessel E20.