stasis

[ stey-sis, stas-is ]
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noun,plural sta·ses [stey-seez, stas-eez]. /ˈsteɪ siz, ˈstæs iz/.
  1. the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.

  2. Pathology. stagnation in the flow of any of the fluids of the body, as of the blood in an inflamed area or the intestinal contents proximal to an obstruction.

Origin of stasis

1
1735–45; <Greek stásis state of standing, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -sis-sis

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How to use stasis in a sentence

  • Joyce says something of the sort very differently, he is full of technical scholastic terms: "stasis, kinesis," etc.

    Instigations | Ezra Pound
  • That, perhaps, is one reason why we come to a period of stasis or retrogression when the time of classical activity is over.

  • We may be sure, then, that the ideal of ecclesiasticism is not solely responsible for the scientific stasis of the dark age.

  • Having thus distracted it from the presence of death, he sank back gratefully into a stasis of no-thought.

    The Short Life | Francis Donovan
  • The action of Veracolate is to bring about a profuse flow of healthy bile which prevents bile stasis.

British Dictionary definitions for stasis

stasis

/ (ˈsteɪsɪs) /


noun
  1. pathol a stagnation in the normal flow of bodily fluids, such as the blood or urine

  2. literature a state or condition in which there is no action or progress; static situation: dramatic stasis

Origin of stasis

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C18: via New Latin from Greek: a standing, from histanai to cause to stand; related to Latin stāre to stand

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