STASIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 24

(Lat.), n. f. Sta(stas)'si . Gen., stas'eos (-is). Gr., crao-is (from urrao-dat, to stand). Fr., stase. Ger., Still stand, Stase, Stauung, Stockuny. Stagnation of blood or other organic fluid in some portion of the body, [o, 34.] Diffusion s. Ger., Diffusion tase. S. with diffusion of serum or lymph. [A, 319 (a, 34).] Venous s. A blood s. due to venous congestion, [a. 34.] [s. 533]