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Hemostasis vs Hemorrhage - What's the difference?

hemostasis | hemorrhage |

As nouns the difference between hemostasis and hemorrhage

is that hemostasis is the process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding while hemorrhage is standard spelling of from=US|lang=en.

As a verb hemorrhage is

standard spelling of from=US|lang=en.

hemostasis

English

(wikipedia hemostasis)

Alternative forms

* haemostasis *

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
  • * {{quote-book, 2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page=158, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=nNVIzGecY7cC&pg=PA158
    • , passage=A complete hemostasis is achieved with a minimal risk of injury to the trachea when using level 3 with the blunt side of the active blade.}}

    Related terms

    * hemostatic * hemodynamics

    hemorrhage

    English

    (wikipedia hemorrhage)

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Synonyms

    * hemorrhea * hematorrhea

    Verb

    (hemorrhag)

    • External links

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