Where does “hemostasis” come from?
Hemostasis derives from Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις, combining haima (blood) with στάσις stasis, from Proto-Hellenic státis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-, meaning to stand or cause to stand.
hemostasis (English): The process of keeping blood inside a damaged...
Definitions
- The process of keeping blood inside a damaged...
Ancestry of “hemostasis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stasis | A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due... |
| 2 | New Latin | stasis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στάσις | a standing, placing, setting; party, company,... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | státis | standing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |