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止血钳 (zhǐ xuè qián) — hemostatic forceps (surgical clamp to stop bleeding)

Definition

noun
hemostatic forceps (surgical clamp to stop bleeding)
Measure word · 把

Examples

  • 止血钳。
    Yī shēng yòng zhǐ xuè qián jiā zhù xuè guǎn.
    The doctor clamps the blood vessel with hemostatic forceps.
  • 止血钳。
    Shǒu shù zhōng xū yào zhǔn bèi jǐ bǎ zhǐ xuè qián.
    Several pairs of hemostatic forceps need to be prepared during surgery.
  • 止血钳。
    Zhè xiē zhǐ xuè qián yǐ jīng xiāo dú guò le.
    These hemostatic forceps have been sterilized.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

止血stop bleeding
止zhǐstop血xuèblood
动宾Verb + object
钳qiánforceps

止 'stop' and 血 'blood' form 止血 'stop bleeding', which describes a 钳 'clamp'.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

止 was drawn as a footprint pointing up, with three toes and a sole, originally showing a foot.

Open 止 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

Open 血 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 钳 →
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Medicine & Treatment

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