hemostasis
noun
he·mo·sta·sis ˌhē-mə-ˈstā-səs 
: arrest of bleeding
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek haimostasis styptic, from haimo- hem- + -stasis
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
hemostasis
noun
he·mo·sta·sis
variants or chiefly British haemostasis
ˌhē-mə-ˈstā-səs
plural hemostases -ˌsēz
1
: stoppage or sluggishness of blood flow
2
: the arrest of bleeding (as by a hemostatic agent)