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HEMOSTASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemostasia mean?
• HEMOSTASIA (noun)
The noun HEMOSTASIA has 1 sense:
1. surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)
Familiarity information: HEMOSTASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("hemostasia" is a kind of...):
stop; stoppage (the act of stopping something)
Holonyms ("hemostasia" 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)
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