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homeostasis

noun
/ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/UK/ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/US

Etymology

Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).

  1. derived from στάσις

Definitions

  1. The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain…

    The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

    • When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur.

  2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.

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Derived

dyshomeostasis, homeostasome, homeostatic, immunohomeostasis, metal homeostasis, neurohomeostasis, osmohomeostasis

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA