Meanings
plural hemostases · alternative haemostasis · alternative hæmostasis
- countableuncountableusuallyhematologyThe regulated physiological process by which the body arrests bleeding at a site of vascular injury while preserving blood fluidity and normal circulation elsewhere.
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.
2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page 158
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsurgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekαἱμόστασις“styptic drug”
- Englishhemostasis
From hemo- + stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis, “styptic drug”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις
- αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis)keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Catalan hemostàsia
- hemostàsiakeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Finnish verenvuodon tyrehdyttäminen, hemostaasi
- verenvuodon tyrehdyttäminenkeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
- hemostaasikeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
French hémostase
- hémostasekeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
German Hämostase, Blutstillung
- Hämostasekeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
- Blutstillungkeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Greek αιμόσταση, αιμοστασία
- αιμόσταση (aimóstasi)keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
- αιμοστασία (aimostasía)keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Indonesian hemostasis
- hemostasiskeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Korean 지혈
- 지혈 (jihyeol)keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Portuguese hemóstase, hemostasia
- hemóstasekeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
- hemostasiakeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Spanish hemostasia
- hemostasiakeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Swedish hemostas
- hemostaskeeping blood inside a damaged vessel
Cite this entry
hemostasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemostasis
“hemostasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemostasis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemostasis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemostasis.
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