Stasis

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand

• Date: 1745

Definitions

• 1 : a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: as

a : slowing of the current of circulating blood

b : reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces

• 2 a : a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation

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.