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| Matching Terms: | | stasimon, stasis ulcers
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- [n] inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
- [n] an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
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| | See Also: | | inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, pathology |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sta"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a standing still.]
(Physiol.)
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.
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