"homeostasis" meaning in English

See homeostasis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: Homoeostasis (UK pronunciation).wav 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)
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  2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: homoeostasis [UK], homœostasis [dated] Derived forms: homeostatic, metal homeostasis Related terms: stasis, proteostasis

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