- stasis
- noun /ˈsteɪsɪs/a) 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.
His company was sized for growth, not stasis.
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Stasis — oder Stase („Stillstand“, v. griech. στάσις 1. „Stauung“, „Stockung“; 2. „Bürgerkrieg“ ) steht für: Stase (Medizin), Stau einer Körperflüssigkeit Stasis (Polis), Bürgerkriegszustand in einer antiken Polis STASIS (Software for Ambient Semantic… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Stasis — refers to a stoppage or slowdown in the flow of blood (or other body fluid such as lymph). A stasis ulcer is an ulcer (a crater) that develops in an area in which the circulation is sluggish and the venous return (the return of venous blood… … Medical dictionary
-stasis — suff. 1. Slowing; stoppage: bacteriostasis. 2. Stable state: homeostasis. [From Greek stasis, standstill. See stasis.] * * * … Universalium
stasis — 1745, from Medical Latin, from Gk. stasis a standing still, related to statos placed, verbal adjective of histemi cause to stand, from PIE root *sta to stand (see STET (Cf. stet)) … Etymology dictionary
Stasis — Sta sis (st[=a] s[i^]s or st[a^]s [i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sta sis a standing still.] (Physiol.) 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stasis — (Stase, v. gr.), 1) so v.w. Status; 2) Partei, Secte, Philosophenschule; 3) das Stehen; 4) Stockung, träge Fortbewegung od. gänzliches Stillstehen der Säfte, vorzüglich in den Eingeweiden des Unterleibes (S. intestinorum), daher auch Verstopfung… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Stāsis — (griech.), Stellung, Stand; auch soviel wie Blutstockung (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Stasis — (Stase, grch.), Stellung; Blutstockung, Blutstillstand, führt meist zur Blutgerinnung (s. Thrombose) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Stasis — Stasis, Stase, griech., Stockung von Säften … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
STASIS — urbs Persica, sita in magna petra, quam Antiochus Seleuci fil. habuit. Steph … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
stasis — [stā′sis, stas′is] n. pl. stases [stāsēz΄, stas′sēz΄] [ModL < Gr, a standing < histanai, to STAND] 1. a) a stoppage of the flow of some fluid in the body, as of blood b) reduced peristalsis of the intestines resulting in the retention of… … English World dictionary
