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The correct spelling is stasis.
How to pronounce stasis
/ˈsteɪsɪs/
nounIPA: /ˈsteɪsɪs/
Say it like: Sta-sis
The correct spelling is stasis. 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.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.Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
- 3.A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
- 4.One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.
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