Stasis /(stā"sĭs [or] stăs"ĭs)/

Sta·sis

Stasis

n.
  1. 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. (Physiol.)