Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stasis

 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 STASIS  noun combining form  (plural -stases)  Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stasis  1. stoppage ; slowing hemostasis bacteriostasis  2. stable state homeostasis