hæmostatic, hemo-, a. and n.
(hiːməʊˈstætɪk, hɛm-)
Also erron. hæma-, hema-.
[mod. f. hæmo- + Gr. στατικός causing to stand, stopping. In mod.F. héma-, hémostatique (Littré).]
A. adj. Having the property of stopping hæmorrhage; styptic.
| 1834 Lancet 8 Mar. 889/2, I have resolved upon giving such a view of it [sc. torsion of arteries] as will connect it with the other hæmostatic processes now in use in surgery. 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex., Having the power or property of staunching or stopping a flow of blood, or hemorrhage..hemostatic. 1864 Syd. Soc. Year-bk. 54 On the hæmostatic treatment of Cholera, Hæmorrhage, Exhaustion, etc. 1883 T. Holmes & Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) I. 351 Hæmostatic remedies become of less and less avail, the longer the blood flows. |
B. n. A hæmostatic agent; a styptic.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hæmostatics, Medicines to stanch Blood. 1883–4 Med. Ann. 31/2 The ‘puff ball’..a most powerful Hæmostatic. |