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stases

The correct spelling is stases.

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noun

Say it like: Sta-ses

The correct spelling is stases. 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. For example: "His company was sized for growth, not stasis."

Usage Examples

His company was sized for growth, not stasis.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
  3. 3.A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
  4. 4.One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

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