stasis

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Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek στάσις.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsteɪsɪs/

Noun

stasis (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

   His company was sized for growth, not stasis.

Synonyms

• (inactivity): stability

Antonyms

• (inactivity): movement, flux

Hyponyms

• (inactivity): equilibrium

Related terms

• static

Translations

pathology: slackening of blood current

• Latvian: stāze (lv) f
• Russian: стаз (ru) m (staz)

• Spanish: estasis (es) f

inactivity

• Dutch: stase (nl) f, stabiliteit (nl) f

• Italian: stasi (it)
• Russian: застой (ru) m (zastoj), состояние (ru) n (sostojanije) покоя (ru) m (pokoja)

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