anti-hæmorrhagic

A form of antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.

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Meanings

adjectiveanti-hæmorrhagic (comparative more anti-hæmorrhagic, superlative most anti-hæmorrhagic)

comparative more anti-hæmorrhagic · superlative most anti-hæmorrhagic

  1. UKobsoleteObsolete form of antihemorrhagic.

    He suggested whether the anti‐hæmorrhagic properties of some of our common astringent drugs may not depend upon the gallic acid as much or more than upon the tannin which they contain, or upon the tannin becoming changed into gallic acid within the body.

    1843, Doctor Graham, Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, Henry Renshaw, Volume VI, №. 147, page 335

Origin

From anti- + hæmorrhagic.

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