Etymology · Ancient Greek
στάσις
5 English words descend from Ancient Greek στάσις, most common first.
- homeostasisThe ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
- stasisA slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
- myostatinA protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- astasiaInability to stand without assistance.
- isostasyThe state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.