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hemostatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
hemo-stat-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to hemostasis: stopping bleeding.

noun

Any medicine that stops bleeding.

Etymology

From hemo- + -static.

Inflected Forms

more hemostatic (comparative) most hemostatic (superlative) haemostatic (alternative, UK) hemostatics (plural)

Derived Forms

antihemostatic microhemostatic prohemostatic

Frequently Paired Words

hemodynamic hemostat sclerosant

Synonyms

styptic

Antonyms

anticoagulant antiplatelet

Questions

What does hemostatic mean?
Of or pertaining to hemostasis: stopping bleeding.
Where does hemostatic come from?
From hemo- + -static.

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