hemostat
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.45 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
Example Sentences
- "“We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel."
Etymology
From hemo- + -stat.