HEMOSTASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemostasis mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMOSTASIS (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 ("hemostasis" is a kind of...):

stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)

Holonyms ("hemostasis" 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)

Derivation:

hemostatic (tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels)

 Context examples 

These important molecules released from platelets are key regulators of hemostasis, the physiologic arrest of hemorrhage at site of vascular leakage.

(Platelet Amyloid Precursor Protein Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This gene is involved in several cellular processes such as: thrombosis, hemostasis, immunity, and inflammatory responses.

(PECAM1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Injectable hydrogels are promising materials for achieving hemostasis in case of internal injuries and bleeding, as these biomaterials can be introduced into a wound site using minimally invasive approaches.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This allele, which encodes mitochondrial ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 6 protein, may play a role in the modulation of both synthesis and hemostasis of heme and porphyrins in mitochondria.

(ABCB6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell adhesion molecules are (glyco)proteins expressed on the cell surface and play a critical role in a wide array of biologic processes that include hemostasis, the immune response, inflammation, embryogenesis, and development of neuronal tissue.

(Cell Adhesion Molecule Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

An agent that promotes hemostasis.

(Hemostatic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A division of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that supports research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of nonmalignant blood diseases, including anemias, sickle cell disease, and thalassemia; premalignant processes such as myelodysplasia and myeloproliferative disorders; hemophilia and other abnormalities of hemostasis and thrombosis; and immune dysfunction.

(Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, NCI Thesaurus)

They uses kappa-carrageenan and nanosilicates to form injectable hydrogels to promote hemostasis (the process to stop bleeding) and facilitate wound healing via a controlled release of therapeutics.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In addition, the injectable bandage should initiate wound healing response after achieving hemostasis.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)