Etymology

stasis

sta·sis
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Today it means: A 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. Full definition →

New Latin stasis ← Ancient Greek στάσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάσις
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromstasis
  3. English todaystasis

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

Words from the same roots

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