stasis

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Synonyms: tasis, stasi, statis, staxis, stasia, stases, -stasis, stanis, astasis, stamis, stasio

Antonyms: tasis, stasi, statis, staxis, stasia, stases, -stasis, stanis, astasis, stamis, stasio

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|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.
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[inactivity|Inactivity]]; a [[freezing]], or state of [[motionlessness]].
3. {{lb|en|scifi|uncountable}} A [[technology]] allowing something to be artificially [[frozen]] in [[time]], so that it does not [[age]] or [[change]].
4. One of the sections of a [[cathisma]] or portion of the [[psalter]].

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