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stasis.

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.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsteɪsɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈstæ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsteɪsɪs/General-American
  1. 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.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

    figuratively · uncountable · usually
    His company was sized for growth, not stasis.
  3. A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.

    uncountable · usually
    I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!
  4. One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

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