ASTASIA

(Lat.), n. f. ’)/zi%(si?)-a3, Gr., doracia (from a priv., and é¢erdvat, to be stationary). Fr., astasie. Ger., Astasie. It., astasi. Sp., a stasis, 1. Great restle ne with jactitation. [A, 222.] 2 Muscular unsteadine , tremor. [M, 3.] 3. A ae of Infusoria (Flag ell at a-Eustomata), made by Ehrenberg. Probably a A?st(a t)’a5-fi?s(fu ). See A sTAPH IS ASTASIÆ [Perty] (Lat.), n.f. pl. °s)-ta(ta?)’zi2%(si2)-e(a3-e2), A family of Infusoria, including Astasia and other genera. [B, 208.] See ASTASIADÆ, ASTASIÆA (Lat.), n. n. pl. A family of Infusoria, made by Ehrenberg, comprising genera such as Astasia, which are an enter ous, without appendages (pseudopodia), of changeable form, and ill or i cate. [B, 208.]