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Meaning of 'Stasis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stasis [ n.]
- A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.

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