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Definition of Hemostat
1. Noun. A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
Definition of Hemostat
1. Noun. (medicine) an instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hemostat
1. an instrument for reducing bleeding [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemostat
Literary usage of Hemostat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1894)
"The hemostat was, therefore, left in place, and the wound was packed with bichloride
gauze, building it up in a ring around the handles of the hemostat, ..."
2. Nose and Throat Work for the General Practitioner by George Lyman Richards (1903)
"On removing the hemostat twist it off, thus effectually closing the vessel by
... In using the hemostat care must be taken not to catch any portion of the ..."
3. Operative Surgery by John Shelton Horsley (1921)
"was fastened, and the hemostat is placed upon the traction suture that the operator
originally held. (Fig. 25). After the second third is finished the ..."
4. A Manual of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley (1922)
"The loop is placed over the hemostat, and carried down the shank and over the
end of the hemostat, so as to engage the vessels. During this manipulation the ..."
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