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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

estase venosa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: estazi venozɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Venostasis/ˌviː.noʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A estase venosa é um fator de risco para coágulos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of blood within a vein or the venous system.

    "Prolonged immobilization can lead to venous stasis in the lower extremities."
  2. 2

    A temporary halting of venous return, sometimes induced clinically during specific medical procedures.

    "The physician applied a tourniquet to create regional venostasis for the blood draw."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Latin 'vena' meaning vein with the Greek suffix '-stasis' meaning a standing still or stoppage. It entered medical nomenclature in the late 19th century to describe the pathological slowing or arrest of blood flow within the veins.

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