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- noun Plural form of
hemostat .
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Examples
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They're called hemostats because they're used in medicine / surgery for hemostasis, or stopping bleeding.
Daily DIY 2009
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She would let me reach down her throat with hemostats and remove the spines.
Are there any gamble quail left out west? If so... where? 2009
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She would let me reach down her throat with hemostats and remove the spines.
Are there any gamble quail left out west? If so... where? 2009
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They were able to get them, in part, because Luanna, the Scrub Tech who was in charge of central supply, had people tear apart all of the non essential sets, the GYN sets and the like, and reassemble the instruments into suture trays; needle holder, forceps, two hemostats, and scissors.
Archive 2008-04-01 Dafydd 2008
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In a pinch, all you need on your mayo stand to start a case is a scalpel, two hemostats, a pair of pickups and pair of scissors.
Archive 2008-02-01 Dafydd 2008
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In a pinch, all you need on your mayo stand to start a case is a scalpel, two hemostats, a pair of pickups and pair of scissors.
Rules for Scrub Techs Dafydd 2008
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ROBERTS: I think the tools they really need to get out of the hemostats (ph).
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One box of old antique tools included several old hemostats.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002
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The scrub nurse assisted, sponging up blood, handing him hemostats.
Life Support Tess Gerritsen 1997
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The scrub nurse assisted, sponging up blood, handing him hemostats.
Harvest Tess Gerritsen 1996
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