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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats