Definition of Hemostasia

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

Exact synonyms: Haemostasia, Haemostasis, Hemostasis
Group relationships: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Generic synonyms: Stop, Stoppage
Derivative terms: Hemostatic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemostasia

hemorrhagic stroke
hemorrhagically
hemorrhaging
hemorrhoid
hemorrhoidal
hemorrhoidal vein
hemorrhoidals
hemorrhoidectomies
hemorrhoidectomy
hemorrhoids
hemosiderin
hemosiderins
hemosiderosis
hemostases
hemostasia (current term)
hemostasis
hemostat
hemostatic
hemostatics
hemostats
hemotaphonomy
hemothorax
hemotoxic
hemotoxicity
hemotoxin
hemotoxins
hemotoxylin
hemovanadin
hemovigilance

Literary usage of Hemostasia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1916)
"hemostasia. By this term is meant the checking of the flow of blood. It may be accomplished by several methods, such as compress bandages, torsion, ..."

2. Decimal Classification and Relativ Index for Libraries, Clippings, Notes, Etcby Melvil Dewey by Melvil Dewey (1911)
"... jj hemostasia 3 • Transfusion Effect on system receiving transfused blood .118 Physical and biologic properties of blood 1 Physical II Osmotic pressure ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"He has used adrenalin in the after-treatment of radical operations for two months, and this preparation, which he employed for the hemostasia of the ..."

4. The Woman's Medical Journal (1900)
"Such an operation with all the preparations for insuring hemostasia and the safe replacing of the livers in the abdominal cavity, in accordance with the ..."

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