hemostat

[ hee-muh-stat, hem-uh- ]

noun

1. an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemostat¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of hemostatic

Example Sentences

Correctional officers took Liebich to the medical office, where, records show, a doctor used a hemostat, a tweezer-like surgical tool, to try to remove the stone through the tip of Liebich’s penis.

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If staff had addressed his earlier complaints, he wrote, he could have avoided the procedure with the hemostat altogether.

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Prosecutors later dropped all charges, but Liebich says he still suffers trauma from his experience with the hemostat.

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