hemostat

2 definitions found

hemostat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hemostat \hemostat\ n.
     a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the
     blood vessel.
  
     Syn: haemostat.
          [WordNet 1.5]

hemostat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hemostat
      n 1: a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the
           blood vessel [syn: hemostat, haemostat]