stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist

(Latin: standing, to stay, to make firm, fixed; cause to stand, to put, to place, to put in place; to stand still)


biostitute, biostitution
A biologist who supports a company or activity that is harmful to the environment.

This inflammatory term is a blend of the words biologist and prostitute.

Biostitutes refers to scientists who are working for certain polluting industries and who lie and deceive the American public by saying there's no such thing as global warming as a result of polluting by industrial output.

chemoresistance
1. Specific resistance by cells to the action of chemicals.
2. The resistance, exhibited by certain tumors and tissues, to destruction by chemotherapeutic drugs.
circumstance
1. A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor.
2. A condition or fact that determines or must be considered in the determining of a course of action.
3. The sum of determining factors beyond willful control; such as, a victim of circumstances.
4. A detail accompanying or surrounding an event; such as, in a narrative or series of events.
5. A formal display or ceremony; such as, the pomp and circumstance of a coronation.
6. A particular incident or occurrence.
circumstantial, circumstantially, circumstantiality
1. Containing or based on facts that allow a court to deduce that somebody is legally guilty without conclusive proof; circumstantial evidence.
2. Relating to, or dependent on circumstances.
3. Of no primary significance; incidental.
4. Complete and particular; full of detail.
5. Speech or thinking characterized by unnecessary overdetailing that impedes rather than promotes communication.

It has been reported in schizophrenia and also in epileptic dementia and obsessional disorders.

coelostat
coexist
coexistence
coexistent, coexistenly
coniolymphstasis
The obstruction of the lymphatics of the lungs resulting from inhalation of dusts.

The lymphatics are the small thin channels, similar to blood vessels, that do not carry blood, but collect and carry tissue fluid (called lymph) from the body to ultimately drain back into the blood stream.

consist
consistency
consistent
consistently
consistory
constable

Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: fix-; pon-; prosth-; the-, thes-.


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