Stasis Definition

stāsĭs, stăsĭs
stases
noun
A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness.
American Heritage
A stoppage of the flow of some fluid in the body, as of blood.
Webster's New World
Reduced peristalsis of the intestines resulting in the retention of feces.
Webster's New World
A state of equilibrium, balance, or stagnancy.
Webster's New World

(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
suffix
Slowing; stoppage.
Bacteriostasis.
American Heritage
Stable state.
Homeostasis.
American Heritage

Origin of Stasis

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stasis).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek stasis standstill stasis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Greek stationariness stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stasis Sentence Examples

  • She's in a stasis right now, caught between life and death.

  • Politics will remain in a state of stasis as long as society feels so ill-prepared to deal with change.

  • During these times the population exhibits evolutionary stasis (ie, no change) with respect to the factor being measured.

  • If bile cannot get out because the ducts are absent or blocked, it backs up into the liver (referred to as biliary stasis) and eventually into the rest of the body.

  • Stasis eczema - on the lower legs Associated with chronic venous stasis eczema - on the lower legs Associated with chronic venous stasis, lipodermatosclerosis.

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