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homeostasis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/ (General-American)
• /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).

Meanings

1. (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.
   • 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. 2002, "Walter Bradford Cannon" in American Journal of Physiology, 92(10):1594-5, DOI 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1594
   • When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur. 2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 1
2. (countable, uncountable) Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.

Forms

Deriveds

metal homeostasis · homeostasome · dyshomeostasis · immunohomeostasis · neurohomeostasis · osmohomeostasis · homeostatic

Relateds

proteostasis · stasis

Translations (42)

id homeostasis (ability to stabilize internal environment) · vi hằng tính nội môi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · sk homeostáza (ability to stabilize internal environment) · te శారీరక సమతుల్యం (ability to stabilize internal environment) · sv homeostas (ability to stabilize internal environment) · cmn 恆定性 /恒定性 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · sl homeostaza (ability to stabilize internal environment) · de Homöostase (ability to stabilize internal environment) · kmr hevsengiya navekî (ability to stabilize internal environment) · sh homeostaza (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ko 항상성 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · be гамеаста́з (ability to stabilize internal environment) · bg хомеоста́зис (ability to stabilize internal environment) · fr homéostasie (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ar تَجَانُس (ability to stabilize internal environment) · cs homeostáza (ability to stabilize internal environment) · hy հոմեոստազ (ability to stabilize internal environment) · fi homeostaasi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · es homeostasis (ability to stabilize internal environment) · de Selbstregulation (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ka ჰომეოსტაზი (ability to stabilize internal environment) · kk гомеостаз (ability to stabilize internal environment) · cmn 穩態 /稳态 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · pt homeostase (ability to stabilize internal environment) · nl homeostase (ability to stabilize internal environment) · uk гомеоста́з (ability to stabilize internal environment) · bg хомеоста́за (ability to stabilize internal environment) · is samvægi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ru гомеоста́з (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ja 恒常性 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · fa همایستایی (ability to stabilize internal environment) · pl homeostaza (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ca homeòstasi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ja ホメオスタシス (ability to stabilize internal environment) · cmn 恆定狀態 /恒定状态 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · vi cân bằng nội môi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ga aonstádas (ability to stabilize internal environment) · ga hoiméastáis (ability to stabilize internal environment) · it omeostasi (ability to stabilize internal environment) · hu homeosztázis (ability to stabilize internal environment) · cmn 體內平衡 /体内平衡 (ability to stabilize internal environment) · da homøostase (ability to stabilize internal environment)

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