HAEMOSTASIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

haemostasia; haemostasis; hemostasia; hemostasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)

Holonyms ("haemostasis" 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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