Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hemostatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, a. [Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to
stand, fr. ? to stand.]
1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.
2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, n.
A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hemostatic
adj : tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or
blood vessels [syn: {styptic}]
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