noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The doctor examined the bruise and explained that the dark discoloration was caused by stasis, a slowing of blood flow in the tiny vessels beneath the skin. " medicine physiology disease biology anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness. Examples : "His company was sized for growth, not stasis." state condition medicine biology physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change. Examples : "The scientist hoped that putting the damaged tissue into stasis would give them time to develop a cure. " technology science time story Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter. Examples : "During the long Orthodox service, the cantor announced, "We will now pause for the small litany after the first stasis," indicating a break after a section of the Psalms. " religion literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading