Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. στάσις, standing, station, stoppage, f. στα- to stand.] A stagnation or stoppage of the circulation of any of the fluids of the body, esp. of the blood in some part of the blood vessels.
1745. R. James, Med. Dict., III. Stasis,… a Stagnation.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., Stasis, a word used by physicians to express a stagnation of the humors.
1835–6. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 745/2. Previously to the establishment of osteitis [of the cranium] … there is found that stasis of the blood which always precedes inflammation.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 380. In many cases there seems to be an over-fulness of the cerebral venous system and probably a lymphatic stasis.
1913. Sir T. Barlow, in Times, 7 Aug., 8/2. A strong case has been made out for intestinal stasis as a cause of various forms of malnutrition.
