1
: of or caused by hemostasis
2
: serving to check bleeding
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Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
Combine that with an Israeli pressure dressing and hemostatic gauze for additional means of dealing with moderate to severe bleeding.
—Derek McDonald, Outdoor Life, 3 Nov. 2020
Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
But, if the bleeding hasn’t stopped after five to 10 minutes, consider moving to a hemostatic agent like BleedStop.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Alongside these age-old techniques, new hemostatic agents were applied to open wounds to stem bleeding.
—Luis Alvarez, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
Tourniquets and hemostatic powders developed for the war in Iraq are low-cost and do not require extensive experience for application.
—Luis Alvarez, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
This piece of gauze is impregnated with a hemostatic treatment that encourages rapid clotting to stop heavy bleeding better than regular gauze.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
Of the commercially available hemostatic gauzes, Combat Gauze has the most evidence supporting its use.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2020
The kits, a recent addition to the district northwest of Los Angeles, are equipped with tourniquets, compression bandages and blood-clotting hemostatic gauze to prevent excessive blood loss.
—NBC News, 8 Dec. 2019
All the current models of bleeding prevention—medically known as hemostatic agents—suffer from the same problem, according to the authors.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
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Noun
To handle heavily bleeding wounds, there’s a length of QuikClot© hemostatic gauze.
—Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
Combine that with an Israeli pressure dressing and hemostatic gauze for additional means of dealing with moderate to severe bleeding.
—Derek McDonald, Outdoor Life, 3 Nov. 2020
Adjective
Ivan pulled out hemostatic powder that Anna had sent him and poured a ton of it in the hole where the bullet came out.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
But, if the bleeding hasn’t stopped after five to 10 minutes, consider moving to a hemostatic agent like BleedStop.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Alongside these age-old techniques, new hemostatic agents were applied to open wounds to stem bleeding.
—Luis Alvarez, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
Tourniquets and hemostatic powders developed for the war in Iraq are low-cost and do not require extensive experience for application.
—Luis Alvarez, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
This piece of gauze is impregnated with a hemostatic treatment that encourages rapid clotting to stop heavy bleeding better than regular gauze.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
Of the commercially available hemostatic gauzes, Combat Gauze has the most evidence supporting its use.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2020
The kits, a recent addition to the district northwest of Los Angeles, are equipped with tourniquets, compression bandages and blood-clotting hemostatic gauze to prevent excessive blood loss.
—NBC News, 8 Dec. 2019
All the current models of bleeding prevention—medically known as hemostatic agents—suffer from the same problem, according to the authors.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
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“Hemostatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemostatic. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
hemostatic
1 of 2 noun
he·mo·stat·ic
variants
or chiefly British haemostatic
: an agent that checks bleeding
especially
: one that shortens the clotting time of blood
hemostatic
2 of 2 adjective
variants
or chiefly British haemostatic
1
: of or caused by hemostasis
2
: serving to check bleeding
a hemostatic agent
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