haemostasis

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A form of hemostasis — The regulated physiological process by which the body arrests bleeding at a site of vascular injury while preserving blood fluidity and normal circulation elsewhere.

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Meanings

nounhaemostasis (usually uncountable, plural haemostases)

plural haemostases

  1. UKalternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of hemostasis.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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stopstoppage
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hemostasiahemostasis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From haemo- + -stasis.

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APA

haemostasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haemostasis

MLA

“haemostasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haemostasis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haemostasis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haemostasis.

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