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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Stasis

/(stā"sĭs [or] stăs"ĭs)/ · Sta·sis · IPA /ˈsteɪsɪs/
01 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 res…
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    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.(Physiol.)