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Noun: haemostasia  ,hee-mu'stey-zhu
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hemostasia)
  1. Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)
    - hemostasis [N. Amer], haemostasis [Brit, Cdn], hemostasia [N. Amer]

Type of: stop, stoppage

Part of: op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process