hemostasis

hemostasis

English

Alternative forms

• haemostasis
• hæmostasis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/, /hiːˈmɒstəsɪs/

Noun

hemostasis (usually uncountable, plural hemostases)

1. (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
   • 2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page 158:

     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.

Related terms

• hemostatic
• hemodynamics

Translations

keeping blood inside a damaged vessel

Finnish: verenvuodon tyrehdyttäminen, hemostaasi French: hémostase (fr) f German: Hämostase f, Blutstillung f Greek: αιμόσταση (el) f (aimóstasi), αιμοστασία (el) f (aimostasía) Ancient: αἱμόστασις f (haimóstasis)

Indonesian: hemostasis (id) Korean: 지혈 (ko) (jihyeol) Portuguese: hemóstase (pt) f, hemostasia f Spanish: hemostasia Swedish: hemostas (sv) c