noun
stasis
STAY-sis/ˈsteɪsɪs/
A state in which activity or flow has largely stopped.
The motionless mill wheel and still water suggest a state of stasis.
Etymology
Greek stasis supplied the image of standing still. Used medically for a stoppage of circulation, it later broadened to general immobility or stagnation.
In context
you also have stasis of those intestinal contents and you have bacterial overgrowth because things aren't moving through
More examples
- The experiment examined fluid stasis in the narrow tube.
- A long period of political stasis followed the crisis.
- The story ends with its characters trapped in emotional stasis.
Forms
stasis
static adjective — not changing or moving
Similar words
- stagnation
- Stagnation suggests lack of healthy progress; stasis simply describes arrested activity or flow.
- inactivity
- Inactivity is simply lack of action; stasis suggests a sustained state of arrested change or flow.