C2 noun #138,775 most common

stasis

UK /ˈsteɪsɪs/ | US /ˈsteɪsɪs/

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.

stasis in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) 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.
  • (noun) Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
  • (noun) A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun 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. 2
    noun Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
  3. 3
    noun A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
  4. 4
    noun One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

Examples

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Synonyms

stability staticity

Antonyms

flux movement
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