stasis
pronunciation
How to pronounce stasis in British English:
UK [ˈsteɪsɪs]
How to pronounce stasis in American English:
US [ˈstesɪs, ˈstæsɪs]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
- inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
Word Origin
- stasis (n.)
- "stoppage of circulation," 1745, from medical Latin, from Greek stasis "a standing still, a standing; the posture of standing; a position, a point of the compass; position, state, or condition of anything;" also "a party, a company, a sect," especially one for seditious purposes; related to statos "placed," verbal adjective of histemi "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Example
- 1. We can 't have stasis today why ?
- 2. Talk of the relationship between constipation blood stasis .
- 3. On clinical application of inducing stasis treatment of tumor .
- 4. Mechanism of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis in treating diabetes and complications .
- 5. What we had was a concept of order and placement , which is essentially stasis .