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hemostasis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/
  • /hiːˈmɒstəsɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stop, stoppage

History

Etymology

From hemo- + stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis, “styptic drug”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hemostàsia — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Finnish: verenvuodon tyrehdyttäminen — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Finnish: hemostaasi — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • French: hémostase — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • German: Hämostase — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • German: Blutstillung — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Greek: αιμόσταση (aimóstasi) — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Greek: αιμοστασία (aimostasía) — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Ancient Greek: αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis) — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Indonesian: hemostasis — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Korean: 지혈 (jihyeol) — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Portuguese: hemóstase — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Portuguese: hemostasia — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Spanish: hemostasia — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel
  • Swedish: hemostas — keeping blood inside a damaged vessel