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haemostatic

/ ˌhɛm-; ˌhiːməʊˈstætɪk /

adjective

  1. retarding or stopping the flow of blood within the blood vessels
  2. retarding or stopping bleeding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a drug or agent that retards or stops bleeding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

This action on the vessels is so marked as to constitute the drug a haemostatic, not only locally but also remotely.

Ergot is used in therapeutics as a haemostatic, and is very valuable in haemoptysis and sometimes in haematemesis.

So far is it from being an haemostatic that, if perfused through living blood-vessels, it actually dilates them.

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