Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0429 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-stasis: Stopping or Controlling
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The idea
The suffix stasis names the stopping or controlling of what its root identifies.
In practice
Hemostasis is the stopping of bleeding.
Where people slip
Stasis can also name stagnation, as when blood pools rather than moves.
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