haemostatic
Britishadjective
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retarding or stopping the flow of blood within the blood vessels
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retarding or stopping bleeding
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Ergot is used in therapeutics as a haemostatic, and is very valuable in haemoptysis and sometimes in haematemesis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 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
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