Meaning & use
Stases
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States in which activity, growth, or development is stopped or suspended; periods of equilibrium without change (plural of 'stasis').
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The economy passed through several stases before the next period of rapid growth.
Doctors monitored the patient for signs of venous stases in the legs.
A note on using this word
Stases is the plural of 'stasis,' a Greek-derived term used across medicine, biology, and political theory to describe a state of balance or stoppage.
Words with a similar meaning
standstillsequilibriums
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changesdevelopments
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