homeostasis
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Alternative forms [edit]
- homœostasis (dated)
Etymology [edit]
Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμος (hómos, “similar”) + ιστημι (histēmi, “standing still”)/stasis (from στάσις) by Walter Bradford Cannon.
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Noun [edit]
homeostasis (plural homeostases)
- (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.
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
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Translations [edit]
ability to stabilize internal environment
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External links [edit]
- homeostasis at OneLook Dictionary Search