homeostasis

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Alternative forms

• homœostasis (dated)

Etymology

Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμος (hómos, “similar”) + ιστημι (histēmi, “standing still”)/stasis (from στάσις) by Walter Bradford Cannon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌhoʊmioʊˈsteɪsɪs/

Noun

homeostasis (plural homeostases)

1. (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a stable equilibrium; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a constant temperature.
2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.

Derived terms

• homeostatic
• metal homeostasis

Related terms

• stasis

Translations

ability to stabilize internal environment

• Arabic: تجانس (ar) (Tajanus)
• Bulgarian: хомеостаза (bg) (homeostaza), хомеостазис (bg) (homeostazis)
• Chinese: 体内平衡 (cmn)
• Czech: homeostáza (cs) f
• Danish: homøostase (da)
• Dutch: homeostase (nl) f
• Finnish: homeostaasi (fi)
• French: homéostasie (fr) f
• German: Selbstregulation (de)
• Hungarian: homeosztázis (hu)
• Icelandic: samvægi (is) n

• Irish: hoiméastáis (ga) f
• Italian: omeostasi (it) f
• Japanese: 恒常性 (ja) (こうじょうせい, kōjōsei)
• Korean: 항상성 (ko) (hangsangseong)
• Polish: homeostaza (pl) f
• Russian: гомеостаз (ru) (gomeostaz) m
• Serbo-Croatian: homeostaza (sh) f
• Slovak: homeostáza (sk)
• Slovene: homeostaza (sl) f
• Spanish: homeostasis (es) f

External links

• homeostasis at OneLook Dictionary Search