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  • noun Plural form of haemostat.

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Examples

  • Thorndyke did not look at all frightened of the haemostats, and

    Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946

  • Catherine saw what he was doing and made some remark; then threatened him with a pair of haemostats big enough to clamp off a three-inch fire hose.

    Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith 1946

  • Haemacure's research and development effort is driven by its proprietary plasma protein extraction technology to develop next-generation products, including surgical haemostats.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2009

  • If it’s difficult to pull out by hand, a pair of haemostats used gently can pull the battery out of its clip; replacement batteries with the leads already attached are easy to find on Ebay.

    stonetable.org » Reviving dead hardware: IBM Thinkpad 600 2005

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