English Explanatory Dictionary

stasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  3. A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
  4. One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪsɪs/ /ˈstæ-/ En-us-stasis.ogg

Word forms

stasis stases

Etymology

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

Synonyms

stability staticity

Antonyms

movement flux

Related words

static

Derived words

adipostasis angiostasis bacteriostasis bilirubinostasis biostasis chemostasis ciliostasis cryostasis cytostasis enterostasis glucostasis hemostasis leukostasis mesostasis metallostasis morphostasis mucostasis oostasis orthostasis photostasis stasimorphy stasis lock stasis papillomatosis venous stasis
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