biostasis

noun

Etymology

From bio- + stasis.

  1. derived from στάσις
  2. borrowed from stasis
  3. prefixed as biostasis — “bio + stasis

Definitions

  1. The ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to…

    The ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biostasis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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