HAEMOSTASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemostasis mean? 

• HAEMOSTASIS (noun)
  The noun HAEMOSTASIS has 1 sense:

1. surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

  Familiarity information: HAEMOSTASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMOSTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

haemostasia; haemostasis; hemostasia; hemostasis

Hypernyms ("haemostasis" is a kind of...):

stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)

Holonyms ("haemostasis" 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)