stasis

noun

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sta·sis | \ ˈstā-səs

, ˈsta- \

plural stases\ ˈstā-ˌsēz

, ˈsta- \

Definition of stasis

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as

a : slowing of the current of circulating blood

b : reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces

2a : a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation

b : a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs

-stasis

noun combining form

plural -stases

Definition of -stasis (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : stoppage : slowing hemostasis bacteriostasis

2 : stable state homeostasis

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Examples of stasis in a Sentence

Noun The country is in economic stasis. His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Or, on a spinning planet, does stasis count as change? — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021 But what was meant to be a start, ended up being a stasis. — Jessica Crue, Allure, 31 Aug. 2021 Hollywood and indie films in the Boston Gothic mode trade in tropes of class aspiration, stasis, and descent. — Christian Lorentzen, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021 And reggaeton is a genre of transformation, a movement that has refused stasis and undergone constant reinvention over the course of its existence. — Isabelia Herrera, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 After the war, the Philharmonic subsided into an era of sleepy stasis, its finances in constant crisis. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 However, the Gondolas4all project is currently in stasis due to lack of funding. — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Aug. 2021 Between the events of Mass Effect 2 and 3, a group of people left the Milky Way in cryo-stasis and made the centuries-long journey to the Andromeda galaxy. — Swapna Krishna, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021 But then, as the weeks passed, an uneasy stasis took hold. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021

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