Usually means: Tool to clamp and control bleeding.
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  1. hemostat: Merriam-Webster
  2. hemostat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hemostat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hemostat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hemostat: Vocabulary.com
  6. hemostat: Wordnik
  7. hemostat: Wiktionary
  8. hemostat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hemostat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hemostat: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hemostat: Dictionary.com
  12. Hemostat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. hemostat: Rhymezone
  14. hemostat: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hemostat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hemostat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hemostat: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hemostat: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hemostat: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hemostat: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hemostat)

noun:  (medicine) An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.

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