stasis
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈsteɪsɪs/
- Specialized
:
estasis
- Cardiac aneurysms cause small areas of stasis in blood flow, leading to clot formation and acute blockage.
- blood stasis
- body in stasis
- stasis chamber
Examples
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When you die, we get stasis of the gut, so nothing moves.
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If they were in stasis, I'd get a location, but these readings are all over the ship.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her hand remained on the stasis tube.
Fiction book (2000) -
We must replace some of our blood with his, before stasis.
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- The creature was in stasis.
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You've been in stasis for fifty-six days.
Fiction book (1997) -
The woman in the harshly angled stasis tube before him was dying, and with her, her unborn child.
Fiction book (2000) -
The door closed, the stasis webbing wrapped around me, and with a stomach-churning lurch, I dropped free.
Fiction book (1997) -
Metoclopramide is prescribed widely for diabetic gastric stasis and nausea.
Academic text (2007) -
Cardiac aneurysms cause small areas of stasis in blood flow, leading to clot formation and acute blockage.
Synonyms
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6.5
Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality
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Etymology
Stasis comes from an old Greek word meaning 'a standing' and the root sta- means 'to stand', like the English word stand. In medicine, a helpful way to remember stasis is to think of blood or fluid 'standing still', which is why it describes a slowed or stopped flow.