hemostatic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hemostatic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hemostatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hemostatic adj tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels Synonym(s): styptic, hemostatic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, a. [Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, fr. [?] to stand.] 1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood. 2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hemostatic \Hem`o*stat"ic\, n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.