Stasis
From Nordan Symposia
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand
- Date: 1745
Definitions
- a : slowing of the current of circulating blood
- b : reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces
- b : a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs
Description
The term stasis (from Greek στάσις "a standing still") may refer to a state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other.