antiperistasis
noun
an·ti·pe·ris·ta·sis
plural antiperistases
-təˌsēz
archaic
: resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality
Word History
Etymology
Greek, from anti- anti- entry 1 + peristasis act of standing around, from periistanai to make stand around (from peri- + histanai to cause to stand) + -sis
- brood patch
- brood pouch
- brood stock
- brooddest
- brooded
- brooded (about or over)
- brooded about or over
- brooder
- brooder pneumonia
- brooders
- broodest
- broodier
- broodies
- broodiest
- broodiness
- broodinesses
- brooding
- brooding (about or over)
- brooding about or over
- broodinglier
- broodingliest
- broodingly
- broodings
- broodless
- broodmare