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Alternative forms

• haemostasis
• hæmostasis

Noun

hemostasis ‎(usually uncountable, plural hemostases)

1. (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
   • 2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page 158:

     A complete hemostasis is achieved with a minimal risk of injury to the trachea when using level 3 with the blunt side of the active blade.

Related terms

• hemostatic
• hemodynamics

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