tanastaltic

[Gr. ἀνασταλτικός (anastaltikos) fitted for checking; ἀναστέλλω ( anastello )=(1) to send or raise up; (2) to draw back, to restrain; ἀνά ( ana ) = again, and στέλλω ( stello ) = to set in order, to send.] Old Med.: Astringent. ăn-as-ta-sis, s [Gr. ἀνάστασις ( anastasis ) = (1) a making to stand up, (2) a removal, (3) a or the resurrection; ἀνίστημι ( anistemi ) = to make to stand up, to raise from sleep or from death: ἀνά (ana) = up or again; and ἵστημι ( histēmi ) = to cause to stand, to raise.] *1. Old Med .: Hippo crates used the word in various senses, as for (a) a migration of humours, and (b) a rising up or recovery from sickne . 2. Theol. The resurrection. In the Greek of Matt. xxii. 28 and many other parts of the New Testament. (Sometimes a work on the resurrection is called Anastasis .)