haemostatic

British  

/ ˌhɛm-, ˌhiːməʊˈstætɪk /

adjective

1. retarding or stopping the flow of blood within the blood vessels

2. retarding or stopping bleeding

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noun

1. a drug or agent that retards or stops bleeding

Example Sentences

Tourniquets are now commonplace in civilian medicine, as are haemostatic powders that clot blood.

From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017

So far is it from being an haemostatic that, if perfused through living blood-vessels, it actually dilates them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

As fairly often happens, a haemorrhage followed, but I told the dentist that I would try suggestion without his using a haemostatic, without knowing beforehand what would happen.

From Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile

This action on the vessels is so marked as to constitute the drug a haemostatic, not only locally but also remotely.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Medicinally, gallic acid has been, and is still, largely used as an astringent, styptic and haemostatic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various