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止血

zhǐ xuè

2-character word

What 止血 means

1. to staunch (bleeding)
2. hemostatic (drug)

The characters in 止血

• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until
• 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě

Example sentences

• 我们必须止血。
  Wǒmen bìxū zhǐxuè.
  We have to stop the bleeding.
• 将血压带 (或止血带) 套在手臂上，逐渐增加压力，直到前臂发绀，桡动脉搏动几乎消失。
  A blood-pressure band, or tourniquet, is placed about the arm, and the pressure increased until the forearm becomes cyanosed and the radial pulse is almost obliterated.

Words starting with 止血

• 止血贴zhǐ xuè tiēBand-Aid; plaster
• 止血垫zhǐ xuè diàndressing; pad to stop bleeding
• 止血栓zhǐ xuè shuānplug to stop bleeding; tampon (medicine)