hemostatic

American  

[hee-muh-stat-ik, hem-uh-] / ˌhi məˈstæt ɪk, ˌhɛm ə- /

adjective

Medicine/Medical.

1. arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.

2. pertaining to stagnation of the blood.

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noun

1. a hemostatic agent or substance.

Etymology

Origin of hemostatic

First recorded in 1700–10; hemo- + static

Example Sentences

In light of this, the team engineered a hemostatic agent featuring an inner layer with mussel adhesion proteins for wound adhesion and an outer protective layer entirely composed of silkworm silk proteins.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024

Moreover, existing hemostatic materials lack consistent adherence to bleeding sites and are prone to infection from external contaminants.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024

Packets of hemostatic granules, she found out, can stop catastrophic bleeding; decompression needles can relieve pressure in a punctured chest.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

What if you don’t have any hemostatic gauze?

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

I then pinched the blood vessels with a pair of Dr. Pean's hemostatic pincers, washed the wound and applied a dressing, without making a single ligature.

From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by Alpheus, A.