Stasis

n. motionlessness resulting from opposing equal forces; stoppage of the flow of body fluids (Pathology)

The term stasis may refer to:A state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other.Stasis (political history), as defined by Thucydides as a set of symptoms indicating an internal disturbance in both individuals and statesStasis (biology), a period of little or no evolutionary change in a species in the punctuated equilibrium model of evolutionary biologyStasis (fiction) implies, especially in science-fiction, an artificial pause that stops all physical and chemical processes, including those of life; they resume as if uninterrupted as soon as the stasis is ended.Stasis (medicine), a state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tractStasis (music), is a technique or form used in minimalist music, and also any other style that may use slow musical developmentStasis (argumentation theory), represents a "stand" or a "mode of proceeding" in a given argument.Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975), a compilation album by Hawkwind
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Stasis /sta·sis/ 1. a stoppage or diminution of flow, as of blood or other body fluid. 2. a state of equilibrium among opposing forces. [more]Stasis - Community and Resources

Noun
1. an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
(hypernym) pathology
2. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness

(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.