homeostasis
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homeostasis
- /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ UK
- /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ UK
- /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/ US
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Coined by Walter Bradford Cannon from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis , from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).
noun homeostases · homoeostasis · homœostasis
- 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. 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 reg
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
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noun ability to stabilize internal environment
| Español | homeostasis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 항상성 hangsangseong |
| 日本語 | 恒常性 kōjōsei, ホメオスタシス homeosutashisu |
| 中文 | 穩態 /稳态 wěntài, 恆定狀態 /恒定状态 héngdìng zhuàngtài, 恆定性 /恒定性 héngdìngxìng, 體內平衡 /体内平衡 tǐnèi pínghéng |
| Português | homeostase |
| Français | homéostasie |
| Deutsch | Homöostase, Selbstregulation |
| Italiano | omeostasi |
| Ελληνικά | ομοιόσταση omoióstasi, ομοιοστασία omoiostasía |
| Русский | гомеоста́з gomeostáz |
| Tiếng Việt | cân bằng nội môi, hằng tính nội môi |
| العربية | تَجَانُس tajānus |
Talk about this word "homeostasis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homeostasis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. homeostasis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/homeostasis "homeostasis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homeostasis.Cite this
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title = {homeostasis},
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