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HEMOSTASIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does hemostasis mean?

• HEMOSTASIS (noun)
The noun HEMOSTASIS has 1 sense:

1. surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

Familiarity information: HEMOSTASIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEMOSTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

haemostasia; haemostasis; hemostasia; hemostasis

Hypernyms ("hemostasis" is a kind of...):

stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)

Holonyms ("hemostasis" is a part of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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