"homeostasis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: Homoeostasis (UK pronunciation).wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: homeostases [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪs Etymology: Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ὅμοιος|-stasis|lang1=grc|t1=similar, the same}} Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis, {{der|en|grc|στάσις||standing, state}} Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|homeostases}} homeostasis (countable and uncountable, plural homeostases)
  1. (physiology) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology, Systems theory Translations (ability to stabilize internal environment): تَجَانُس (tajānus) [masculine] (Arabic), հոմեոստազ (homeostaz) (Armenian), гамеаста́з (hamjeastáz) [masculine] (Belarusian), хомеоста́за (homeostáza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), хомеоста́зис (homeostázis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), homeòstasi [feminine] (Catalan), 穩態 (Chinese Mandarin), 稳态 (wěntài) (Chinese Mandarin), 恆定狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 恒定状态 (héngdìng zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), 恆定性 (Chinese Mandarin), 恒定性 (héngdìngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 體內平衡 (Chinese Mandarin), 体内平衡 (tǐnèi pínghéng) (Chinese Mandarin), homeostáza [feminine] (Czech), homøostase [common-gender] (Danish), homeostase [feminine] (Dutch), homeostaasi (Finnish), homéostasie [feminine] (French), ჰომეოსტაზი (homeosṭazi) (Georgian), Homöostase [feminine] (German), Selbstregulation [feminine] (German), homeosztázis (Hungarian), samvægi [neuter] (Icelandic), homeostasis (Indonesian), hoiméastáis [feminine] (Irish), aonstádas [masculine] (Irish), omeostasi [feminine] (Italian), 恒常性 (kōjōsei) (alt: こうじょうせい) (Japanese), ホメオスタシス (homeosutashisu) (Japanese), гомеостаз (gomeostaz) (Kazakh), 항상성 (hangsangseong) (alt: 恆常性) (Korean), hevsengiya navekî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), همایستایی (ham-istâyi) (Persian), homeostaza [feminine] (Polish), homeostase [feminine] (Portuguese), гомеоста́з (gomeostáz) [masculine] (Russian), homeostaza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), homeostáza (Slovak), homeostaza [feminine] (Slovene), homeostasis [feminine] (Spanish), homeostas [common-gender] (Swedish), гомеоста́з (homeostáz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cân bằng nội môi (Vietnamese), hằng tính nội môi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-homeostasis-en-noun-Ay3qPH0u Disambiguation of Systems theory: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -stasis Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -stasis: 74 26 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'ability to stabilize internal environment': 95 5
  2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-homeostasis-en-noun-8Wi1dPLx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: homoeostasis [UK], homœostasis [dated] Derived forms: homeostatic, metal homeostasis Related terms: stasis, proteostasis

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /homeoˈstasɪs/ Forms: homéostasis [canonical], homeostasis-homeostasis [plural], homeostasisku [first-person, possessive], homeostasismu [possessive, second-person], homeostasisnya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin homoeostasis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|id|la|homoeostasis}} Learned borrowing from Latin homoeostasis Head templates: {{id-noun|head=homéostasis|pl=duplication}} homéostasis (plural homeostasis-homeostasis, first-person possessive homeostasisku, second-person possessive homeostasismu, third-person possessive homeostasisnya)
  1. (physiology) homeostasis, homoeostasis Wikipedia link: id:homeostasis Categories (topical): Physiology, Systems theory

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /omeosˈtasis/, [o.me.osˈt̪a.sis] Forms: homeostasis [plural]
Rhymes: -asis Etymology: From homeo- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “stability”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|es|homeo|στάσις|lang2=grc|t2=stability}} homeo- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “stability”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} homeostasis f (plural homeostasis)
  1. (physiology) homeostasis Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Physiology Derived forms: homeostático
    Sense id: en-homeostasis-es-noun-kPpp3GRJ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms prefixed with homeo- Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/homeoˈstasɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-sɪs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "homeostasis"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "homeostático"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "homeo",
        "3": "στάσις",
        "lang2": "grc",
        "t2": "stability"
      },
      "expansion": "homeo- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “stability”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From homeo- + Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “stability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homeostasis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "homeostasis f (plural homeostasis)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ho‧me‧os‧ta‧sis"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Spanish/asis",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/asis/5 syllables",
        "Spanish 5-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish feminine nouns",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish terms prefixed with homeo-",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "es:Physiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "homeostasis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "homeostasis",
          "homeostasis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physiology) homeostasis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/omeosˈtasis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o.me.osˈt̪a.sis]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "homeostasis"
}

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