hemostat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hemostat
    n 1: a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the
         blood vessel [syn: {hemostat}, {haemostat}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hemostat \hemostat\ n.
   a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the
   blood vessel.

   Syn: haemostat.
        [WordNet 1.5]
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