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hemostatic

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hemostatic [¦hē·mə¦stad·ik]
(medicine)
An agent that arrests or checks bleeding, especially by shortening clotting time.


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BloodSTOP[TM] hemostatic gauze by LifeScience PLUS ends nosebleeds instantly by speeding coagulation, expanding to form an odorless gel.
Now, Hammer said, special operations medics have been equipped with a "one-handed tourniquet" and two special hemostatic bandages that are capable of stopping bleeding in two minutes or less.
The article by Arthur Siegel et al (Effect of Marathon Running on Inflammatory and Hemostatic Markers) is a study in bias, distortion and the art of pushing the proverbial square peg into the round hole.
 
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