stasis

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪsɪs/, /ˈstæ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪsɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪsɪs Hyphenation: sta‧sis === Noun === stasis (usually uncountable, plural stases) (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. (figurative) Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness. Synonyms: stability, staticity Antonyms: movement, flux (science fiction, uncountable) A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change. One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter. ==== Hyponyms ==== (inactivity): equilibrium ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== static ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === asisst, assist., Stassi, assist, sistas