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HEMOSTATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
Synonyms:
hemostatic; styptic
Classified under:
Similar:
astringent (tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue)
Derivation:
hemostasis (surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat))
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