Associations to the word «Stasis»

Wiktionary

STASIS, noun. (pathology) 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, noun. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

Dictionary definition

STASIS, noun. An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped.
STASIS, noun. Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King