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hematostasis

hematostasis is the alternative form 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

Questions about hematostasis

What is hematostasis the alternative form of?
Hematostasis is the alternative form of hemostasis.

Words near hematostasis in the dictionary

  1. hematosides
  2. hematosin
  3. hematosis
  4. hematospermia
  5. hematospermic
  6. hematostasis
  7. hematotesticular
  8. hematothermal
  9. hematothorax
  10. hematotoxic
  11. hematotoxicant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hematostasis (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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