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stasis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stasis \Sta"sis\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? a standing still.] (Physiol.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stasis n 1: an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped 2: inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
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