Definition for
stasis
noun – In pathology, a stopping of the blood in some part of the circulation, as in a part of an inflamed area.
noun – Pl. staseis or stases. In the Gr. Ch., one of the sections (regularly three) of a cathisma, or portion of the psalter.
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In pathology: Same as
noun – 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.
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noun – an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
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