Hemostat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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