stasis

ˈsteɪsɪs

stases

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Definition of stasis - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

stabilitystate of stability, no change or motion

The ecosystem has reached a stasis and is not evolving..

balance

equilibrium

steadiness

medical

TECH.

state where blood flow is stopped

TECH.

The patient suffered from stasis in the leg.

stagnation

standstill

science fiction

Rare

technology that freezes time

Rare

The crew was kept in stasis during the journey.

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Expressions with stasis

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venous stasis

condition where blood flow in veins is abnormally slow

Venous stasis can lead to swelling in the legs..

Origin of stasis

Greek, stasis (standing, stopping)

Terms with stasis included in their meaning

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cryopod

science

chamber for cryogenic sleep or stasis

equilibrate

chemistry

bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium

punctuated equilibrium

species history

model in biology with long stasis, brief bursts of change

Examples of stasis in a sentence

Political stasis has gripped the nation.
Doctors monitored the stasis in the patient's arm.
Stasis can lead to serious complications if untreated.
The villain used stasis to trap the hero.
In stasis, the explorers didn't age during their voyage.

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French:stase, stase sanguine, ...
German:Stase, Blutstau, ...
Italian:stasi, congestione, ...
Spanish:estasis, suspensión temporal, ...
Portuguese:estase, suspensão temporal, ...
Chinese:静止, 血流停滞, ...
Japanese:静止, うっ血, ...
Arabic:جُمود, رُكُود دَمَوِي, ...
Hebrew:אֵי-תְנוּעָה, סְטָזִיס, ...
Russian:стазис, застой крови, ...
Ukrainian:стазис, стаз, ...
Hindi:स्थिरता, स्टेसिस, ...
Bengali:স্থিরাবস্থা, স্ট্যাসিস, ...
Catalan:estasi, aturada de flux sanguini, ...
Czech:stáze, stáza, ...
Danish:stasis, stase, ...
Dutch:stilstand, stase, ...
Greek:στασιμότητα, στάση, ...
Hungarian:sztázis, vérpangás, ...
Khmer:សភាពនឹងថ្កល់, ស្តាស៊ីសឈាម, ...
Korean:정체, 울혈, ...
Persian:ایستایی, حالت تعلیق زمانی, ...
Polish:staza, zastój, ...
Portuguese (BR):estase, interrupção do fluxo sanguíneo, ...
Romanian:stază, stagnare, ...
Swedish:stasis, stas, ...
Thai:ภาวะคงที่, ภาวะเลือดหยุดไหล, ...
Turkish:durağanlık, durgunluk, ...
Vietnamese:trạng thái đình trệ, ứ máu, ...

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