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

Type of: stop, stoppage

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

Encyclopedia: Haemostasis

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haemorrhagic septicemia
haemorrhagic stroke
haemorrhoid
haemorrhoidal vein
haemorrhoidectomy
haemosiderin
haemosiderosis
Haemosporidia
haemosporidian
haemostasia
haemostasis
haemostat
haemostatic
haemothorax
Haemulidae
Haemulon
Haemulon album
Haemulon aurolineatum
Haemulon macrostomum
Haemulon malanurum
Haemulon parra