Definitions for stasis

stasis sta·sis

Spelling: [stey-sis, stas-is]
IPA: /ˈsteɪ sɪs, ˈstæs ɪs/

Stasis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in stasis (aissst).

Definitions for stasis

noun

  1. the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
  2. Pathology. stagnation in the flow of any of the fluids of the body, as of the blood in an inflamed area or the intestinal contents proximal to an obstruction.

Origin of stasis

1735-45; Greek stásis state of standing, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -sis -sis

Examples for stasis

There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno.

What was left behind in Afghanistan was a sense of stasis—a sporadic mishmash of combat and nation building.

As to the meat of these reports, what they show over the past six months is that we have entered a realm of stasis.

They found a couple of civilizations in stasis and another that was about to go that way.

A tendency to stasis begins to appear, accompanied at the same time by a considerable reduction in the supply of arterial blood.

A mineral saturation that had held time and change in stasis.

He's just in stasis—in a state of totally suspended animation.

This picture might well exemplify the dislocation between old and new in the movement of the dress and the stasis of the dancer.

Magnology is safe, stressless, and permanently powerful in stasis.

Except for a stasis of very long duration, there is no sensation of time.

Word Value for stasis
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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