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)
coprostasis
1. A physical condition in which the digestive system of a person (or animal) consists of hard feces that is difficult to eliminate.
2. The impaction of the feces in the intestine.
It may be extremely painful, and in severe cases (fecal impaction) lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction. cost
costless
costlessness
costly
cryostat
1. A freezing chamber.
2. A device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level.
3. In pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue.
4. A regulator for maintaining a constant, low temperature.
cytostasis
desist
desisted
destination
destine
destiny
1. The predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events; considered as something beyond human power or control.
2. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot in lofe.
3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: "They were sure that it was destiny that brought them together."
destitute
destitution
distance
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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