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hemostasis

1) The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of blood from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood elements, and the process of blood or plasma coagulation.

2) Stoppage or sluggishness of blood flow. 2: The arrest of bleeding (as by a hemostatic agent. )

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