| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sta·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  st  s s, st ss |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. sta·ses (sts z, stsz)
1. A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness: “Language is a primary element of culture, and stasis in the arts is tantamount to death” (Charles Marsh). 2. Pathology Stoppage of the normal flow of a body substance, as of blood through an artery or of intestinal contents through the bowels. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek, stationariness. See st- in Appendix I.
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