"homeostasis" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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    },
    {
      "word": "proteostasis"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2002, \"Walter Bradford Cannon\" in American Journal of Physiology, 92(10):1594-5, DOI 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1594",
          "text": "His most important work concentrated on the complexities of chemical neurotransmission (for which Otto Loewi received a Nobel Prize in 1936) and on “homeostasis” (a term coined by Cannon in 1926), the maintenance of steady states in the body and the physiological processes through which they are regulated."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 1",
          "text": "When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur."
        }
      ],
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        "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."
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          "physiology"
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        ],
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          "system"
        ],
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          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
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          "organism"
        ],
        [
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          "adjust"
        ],
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          "internal",
          "internal"
        ],
        [
          "environment",
          "environment"
        ],
        [
          "warm-blooded",
          "warm-blooded"
        ],
        [
          "temperature",
          "temperature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equilibrium",
          "equilibrium"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪsɪs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "homoeostasis"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "homœostasis"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tajānus",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَجَانُس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "homeostaz",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "հոմեոստազ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hamjeastáz",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гамеаста́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "homeostáza",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хомеоста́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "homeostázis",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хомеоста́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeòstasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "穩態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěntài",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "稳态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "恆定狀態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héngdìng zhuàngtài",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "恒定状态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "恆定性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héngdìngxìng",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "恒定性"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "體內平衡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǐnèi pínghéng",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "体内平衡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "homøostase"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostase"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "homeostaasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homéostasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "homeosṭazi",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "ჰომეოსტაზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Homöostase"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstregulation"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "homeosztázis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samvægi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "homeostasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoiméastáis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aonstádas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "omeostasi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうじょうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōjōsei",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "恒常性"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "homeosutashisu",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "ホメオスタシス"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gomeostaz",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "гомеостаз"
    },
    {
      "alt": "恆常性",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hangsangseong",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "항상성"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hevsengiya navekî"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ham-istâyi",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "همایستایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostase"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gomeostáz",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гомеоста́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "homeostáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "homeostasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "homeostas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "homeostáz",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гомеоста́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "cân bằng nội môi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ability to stabilize internal environment",
      "word": "hằng tính nội môi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Walter Bradford Cannon",
    "homeostasis"
  ],
  "word": "homeostasis"
}

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