stasis definition
stasis of Iconostasis means “a standing still,” which perfectly describes the appearance of the object in question but this stationary verticality also speaks of the vertical nature of the relationship that there is between the two areas—one before the screen (the Nave) and one behind it (the Sanctuary). These two areas have a horizontal relationship within three dimensional space; however, in terms of what they represent there is a strict vertical hierarchy in which what is beyond the screen is higher than that which is before it. A movement from the Nave to the Sanctuary is, in symbolic terms, one of ascension even if the actual physical movement in question is a horizontal one.
stasis we mean the localization, in a point, an area or a part of the body (rather than the whole organism), of a perverse humor. Examples of thickened phlegm stasis are: lipomas, myomas, polyps. A local congestion is a blood stasis; the Blood stagnation of the Traditional Chinese Medicine is a more complex condition, which usually involves, from the humoral point of view, also an important melancholic component: this is the case, for example, of hematomas or thrombi. antiscorbutic, antispasmodic, detergent, febrifuge, hypotensive, laxative (mildly), nervine (anxiolytic and relaxing), resolving, tonic, vulnerary.