Stasis

Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionarysta·sisPronunciation:    stā-səs, sta-Function:          nounInflected Form:   pluralsta·ses \stā-ˌsēz, sta-\Etymology:         New Latin, fromGreek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand ― more at STANDDate:              1745
1: a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: as a: slowing of the current of circulating blood b: reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces 
2 a: a state of static balance or equilibrium STAGNATIONb: a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs-stasisFunction:          noun combining formInflected Form:   plural-stasesEtymology:         New Latin, from Greek stasis
1: stoppage slowing <hemostasis> <bacteriostasis
2: stable state <homeostasis>…Concise Oxford English Dictionarystasis’steɪsɪs, ‘sta-■  noun 

  formal or technical a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium. 

  Medicine a stoppage of flow of a body fluid. 

C18: mod. L., from Gk, lit. ‘standing, stoppage’, from sta-, base of histanai’to stand’.-stasis■  combining form (plural -stases) Physiology slowing down; stopping: haemostasis. 

-static combining form. 

from Gk stasis ‘standing, stoppage’….EngMacstasisn. (pl. stases) 1. med. стаза.; 2. стагнација, стагнирање

Stasis was last modified: August 27th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

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