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Definition of Haemostat
1. Noun. A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
Definition of Haemostat
1. Noun. A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Haemostat
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemostat
Literary usage of Haemostat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality. [Catalogue] by Kny-Scheerer Company (1915)
"... B/-4961 Hudson's Cranial haemostat, 2 sizes, Ji and IK inch jaws 3.00 B/-4965
Krause's Claw Forceps 2.25 CO. 'S TRADE rap MARK IS A GUARANTEE Of QUALITY ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"... applied at operation the folded end of the tube is grasped with a sterile
haemostat, held in hot water for a minute or two to liquefy the mix- ture, ..."
3. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"After this he leisurely ties off and removes the haemostat, and the whole operation
... The haemostat was a gift to the profession from the gynaecologists, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"... haemostat, and longer handles for leverage, he could readily crush arteries
that had been picked up, so that ligation was not necessary. ..."
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