Definition of stasis in the Oxford Dictionary

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Definition of stasis in English:

stasis

Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪsɪs/

/ˈstasɪs/

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] formal or technical

1A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium:long periods of stasiscreative stasis

More example sentences
1.1Medicine A stoppage of flow of a body fluid.

Example sentences
2Civil strife.

Origin

Mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek, literally ‘standing, stoppage’, from sta- base ofhistanai ‘to stand’.

Words that rhyme with stasis

basis, oasis

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