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stasis

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪsɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstæ-/
  • General-American: /ˈsteɪsɪs/
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  • rhymes with -eɪsɪs

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • His company was sized for growth, not stasis.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stability, staticity

Antonyms: movement, flux

3

noun

Meaning 3

A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Examples

  • I was in stasis for forty years before I woke up orbiting this poxy planet!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness

6

noun

Meaning 6

an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: durğunluq — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Bulgarian: стазис (stazis) — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Catalan: estasi — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Finnish: staasi — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • German: Blutstau — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Hungarian: pangás — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Latvian: stāze — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Polish: zastój — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Russian: стаз (staz) — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Spanish: estasis — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Swedish: stas — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Ukrainian: стаз (staz) — pathology: slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid
  • Bulgarian: засто́й (zastój) — inactivity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停滯 /停滞 (tíngzhì) — inactivity
  • Dutch: stase — inactivity
  • Dutch: stabiliteit — inactivity
  • Finnish: pysähtyneisyys — inactivity
  • German: Stillstand — inactivity
  • German: Statik — inactivity
  • German: Stau — inactivity
  • Hungarian: mozdulatlanság — inactivity
  • Hungarian: pangás — inactivity
  • Italian: stasi — inactivity
  • Malayalam: സ്തംഭനം (stambhanaṁ) — inactivity
  • Māori: patekotanga — inactivity
  • Māori: whakamāraritanga — inactivity
  • Russian: засто́й (zastój) — inactivity
  • Russian: состоя́ние n покоя (sostojánije) — inactivity
  • Ukrainian: засті́й (zastíj) — inactivity
  • Finnish: pysäytin — scifi: technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time