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Definition of Stasis
1. Noun. An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped.
2. Noun. Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces.
Definition of Stasis
1. n. 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.
Definition of Stasis
1. Noun. (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. ¹
2. Noun. Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stasis
1. a stoppage of the normal flow of bodily fluids [n STASES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stasis
Literary usage of Stasis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"... cause some elevation of the caecum as shown in the picture of Miss R. Most of
these cases are amenable to dietetic treatment; ie, the caecal stasis can ..."
2. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"INTESTINAL stasis The term intestinal stasis has of late years been used to ...
Intestinal stasis includes all cases in which the contents of the bowel fail ..."
3. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"INTESTINAL stasis—CONSTIPATION The term intestinal stasis has of late years ...
Intestinal stasis includes all cases in which the contents of the bowel fail ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"Lymph stasis, or Retardation of Lymph, as an Element in the Causation of Disease ;
especially in regard to Scrofula and Tuberculosis. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1917)
"Chronic intestinal stasis, or what the writer has often termed defective human
plumbing, ... Many of those to whom stasis and constipation were at one time ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"CHRONIC INTESTINAL stasis.1 BY GR SATTERLEE, MD, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO ...
The term "stasis," from its derivation, may be an excellent one to denote areas ..."
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