HAEMOSTASIS

hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

haemostasis (usually uncountable, plural haemostases)

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemostasis

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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