Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stasis \Sta"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a standing still.]
   (Physiol.)
   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.

Source : WordNet®

stasis
     n 1: an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such
          as blood) is slowed or stopped
     2: inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing
        forces