Hēm'a-stāt'ic or Hēm'a-stāt'ic-al1, a.
a. [Gr. αἷμα, blood, and στατός, fixed.] (Med.) Serving to arrest the escape or flow of blood; checking hemorrhage.
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Hemastatic
Hēm'a-stāt'ic2, n.
n. [See supra.] (Med.) A substance or application which arrests the flow of blood.