Hemostasis Definition

hēmə-stāsĭs, hē-mŏstə-

hemostases

noun

The natural or surgical stoppage of bleeding.

Webster's New World

Slowing or stoppage of the flow of blood in a vein or artery, as with a tourniquet, by clotting, etc.

Webster's New World

(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.

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Other Word Forms of Hemostasis

Singular:

hemostasis

Plural:

hemostases

hemo- +‎ stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimostasis, “styptic drug”).

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