Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. στάξις a dripping, f. στάζειν to drop, drip.] ‘Slight defluxion of any humour, as nasal hæmorrhage’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1745. R. James, Med. Dict., III. s.v., A Staxis, in the Doctrine of Crises, is justly condemned as indicating a Weakness and Decay of Strength in Nature.
