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HEMOSTASIS
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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 ("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)
Derivation:
hemostatic (tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels)
