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Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop. This will keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. It is the first stage of wound healing. It involves [[Coagulation|Coagulation]], blood changing from a liquid to a gel. Hemostasis has three major steps:
# [[Vasoconstriction|Vasoconstriction]]
# Temporary blockage of a break by a platelet plug
# Blood [[Coagulation|Coagulation]], or formation of a fibrin clot.

These processes seal the hole until tissues are repaired.

The opposite of hemostasis is [[Hemorrhage|Hemorrhage]]
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