hemostat
/hee-muh-stat, hem-uh-/US // ˈhi məˌstæt, ˈhɛm ə- //
止血器,止血钳,恒温器,止血剂
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
Examples
Prosecutors later dropped all charges, but Liebich says he still suffers trauma from his experience with the hemostat.
If staff had addressed his earlier complaints, he wrote, he could have avoided the procedure with the hemostat altogether.
Correctional officers took Liebich to the medical office, where, records show, a doctor used a hemostat, a tweezer-like surgical tool, to try to remove the stone through the tip of Liebich’s penis.
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