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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haemostat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
haemo-stat
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.

British usage

Etymology

From haemo- + -stat.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

haemostats (plural) hemostat (alternative)

Derived Forms

haemostasis haemostatic

Synonyms

hemostat

Questions

What does haemostat mean?
A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
Where does haemostat come from?
From haemo- + -stat.

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