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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel;
[syn: hemostat, haemostat]



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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hemostat
    n 1: a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the
         blood vessel [syn: hemostat, haemostat]