hemostatic

/,hi:mou'stætik/ Cách viết khác : (hemostatic) /,hi:mou'stætik/

Thân thiện

The nurse applied a hemostatic agent to the patient's minor cut.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Tending to stop bleeding: Describes a substance, agent, or procedure that acts to arrest the flow of blood, typically by causing the contraction of tissues or blood vessels.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The surgeon applied a hemostatic agent to the wound.
  • This powder has strong hemostatic properties.
  • A hemostatic clamp was used during the procedure.

Advanced Usage

• Medical Context: The term is primarily used in medical, surgical, and first-aid contexts to describe materials (e.g., gauze, sponges, powders) or drugs designed to control bleeding.
  • The new hemostatic dressing is highly effective for traumatic wounds.

Variants and Related Words

• Hemostasis (n): The process of stopping bleeding or the arrest of blood circulation to a part of the body.
  • The body's natural hemostasis involves clotting factors.
• Hemostat (n): A surgical instrument used to clamp blood vessels to control bleeding; also, an agent that stops bleeding.
  • The nurse handed the surgeon a hemostat.

Synonyms

• Styptic: (Adjective/Noun) Having the property of stopping bleeding, often by contracting tissues; a stypic agent.
• Anticoagulant (Antonym): (Adjective/Noun) A substance that prevents blood clotting.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

Từ đồng nghĩa

• styptic