Pharmacologic Substance
hemostatic agent
[ hee-muh-stat-ik, hem-uh- ]
Subclass of:
Coagulants
Definitions related to hemostatic agents:
  • (hemostatic) Agent that arrests the flow of blood.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (hemostatics) Agents acting to arrest the flow of blood. Absorbable hemostatics arrest bleeding either by the formation of an artificial clot or by providing a mechanical matrix that facilitates clotting when applied directly to the bleeding surface. These agents function more at the capillary level and are not effective at stemming arterial or venous bleeding under any significant intravascular pressure.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • An agent that promotes hemostasis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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