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Hemostatic vs Homostatic - What's the difference?

hemostatic | homostatic |

As adjectives the difference between hemostatic and homostatic

is that hemostatic is of or pertaining to hemostasis while homostatic is describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.

As a noun hemostatic

is any medicine that stops bleeding.

hemostatic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to hemostasis
  • That checks bleeding; styptic

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any medicine that stops bleeding.

    • homostatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.
  • * W. P. Longmire, J. National Cancer Institute , 14, 669:
    • The term homostatic graft might be applied to inert tissues such as bone and cartilage when transferred from one individual to another of the same species; and the term homovital graft'' might be used in reference to grafts whose cells must continue to grow and reproduce for the graft to be effective after similar transplantation .
  • * H. Conway, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Assocation , 13, 43:
    • These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.