means A state of inactivity, balance, or stillness in which nothing changes or moves.

from From Greek 'stasis,' meaning 'a standing, a placing, a setting,' built on the root 'sta-' ('to stand') — the same ancient root that quietly props up 'stand,' 'stable,' 'static,' and 'status.' In Greek it could also mean a 'standing-off,' as in faction or civil strife, but English borrowed the calmer sense: things held in place, fixed and unmoving. Medicine later took it up for blood or fluids that have stopped flowing.