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The condition of being stable or resistant to change.

- denture s. the quality of a denture to be firm, steady, constant, and resistant to change of position when functional forces are applied. SYN: stabilization (2).

- detrusor s. the property of a detrusor to accommodate increasing bladder volume without significant increase in detrusor pressure and without involuntary detrusor contraction.

- dimensional s. the property of a material to retain its size and form.

- endemic s. a situation in which all factors influencing disease occurrence are relatively stable, resulting in little fluctuation in disease incidence over time; changes in one or more of these factors ( e.g., reduction in proportion of individuals with immunity from exposure to infectious agent) can lead to an unstable situation in which major disease outbreaks occur. SYN: enzootic s..

- enzootic s. SYN: endemic s..

- suspension s. a very slow sedimentation rate.

sta·bil·i·ty stə-'bil-ət-ē n, pl -ties the quality, state, or degree of being stable <emotional \stability> <chemical \stability>