Associations to the word «Hemostat»

Wiktionary

HEMOSTAT, noun. (medicine) an instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow

Dictionary definition

HEMOSTAT, noun. A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King