Stasis



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解释

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• n. 停滞
• ［类］ 反义词: motility ( 运动)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural stases)

• Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand — more at stand
• Date: 1745
• 1. a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: as
  • a. slowing of the current of circulating blood
  • b. reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces
• 2.
  • a. a state of static balance or equilibrium ; stagnation
  • b. a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs

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