-stasia

-stasissuff.1. Slowing; stoppage: bacteriostasis.2. Stable state: homeostasis.[From Greek stasis, standstill; see stasis.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.