stasis

A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness.

Stoppage of the normal flow of a body substance, as of blood through an artery or of intestinal contents through the bowels.

In pathology: Same as stagnation.

In pathology, a stopping of the blood in some part of the circulation, as in a part of an inflamed area.

Pl. staseis or stases. In the Gr. Ch., one of the sections (regularly three) of a cathisma, or portion of the psalter.

A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.

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.

Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

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