hemostat

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English

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two hemostats, one open and one closed

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Etymology

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From hemo- +‎ -stat.[1]

Noun

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hemostat (plural hemostats)

  1. (medicine) An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
    Hypernym: clamp
    Coordinate term: hemoclip
    • 2014 August 1, Jennifer Schuessler, “The Cocaine, the Blood, the Body Count”, in The New York Times[1]:
      “We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel.
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References

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  1. ^ hemo-”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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