homeostasis
The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to…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.
» Adaptogens are used in herbal medicine for the purported stabilization of physiological processes and promotion of homeostasis.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Homöostase, Selbstregulation
гомеоста́зgomeostáz
гомеоста́зhomeostáz
(countable, uncountable)Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
Examples
1 sentencesAdaptogens are used in herbal medicine for the purported stabilization of physiological processes and promotion of homeostasis.
Translations
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Origin
Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter BradfoCoined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).
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Forms
plural: homeostasesWord family
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