STASIS
\stˈe͡ɪsɪs], \stˈeɪsɪs], \s_t_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ_s]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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This word has nearly the same signification as stagnation. Stagnation, however, sometimes in-cludes a morbid condition of the fluids,- Stasis never.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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