Thesaurus: stasis

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1. 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 resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
2. n. an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
3. n. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
4. 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.
5. A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, duenot to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to someabnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of thephenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
6. n:100 n. an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped n. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces