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haemostasis

haemostasis is the alternative spelling of hemostasis.

Meaning of hemostasis

Noun

hemostasis (usually uncountable, plural hemostases)

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The 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

Forms of haemostasis

pluralhaemostases

Origin of haemostasis

From haemo- + -stasis.

Questions about haemostasis

What is haemostasis the alternative spelling of?
Haemostasis is the alternative spelling of hemostasis.

Words near haemostasis in the dictionary

  1. haemosporidian
  2. haemosporidians
  3. haemostaseology
  4. haemostases
  5. haemostasia
  6. haemostasis
  7. haemostat
  8. haemostatic
  9. haemostatics
  10. haemostats
  11. haemotachometer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haemostasis (page history and authors); hemostasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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