homeostatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhoʊmioʊˈstætɪk/ (US)
Etymology
From homeo- + -static.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to homeostasis.
Multicellular organisms require a homeostatic internal environment in order to live.
Sleep, rest, food and sex provide restorative homeostatic experiences that return consciousness to order after the needs of the body intrude and cause psychic entropy to occur.
1992, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, Rider, published 2002, →ISBN, page 46:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| homoeostatic | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
osmohomeostatic · counterhomeostatic · polyhomeostatic · homeostatically · nonhomeostatic
Translations (17)
pt homeostático (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · ru гомеостати́ческий (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · fi homeostaattinen (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · ro homeostatic (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · uk гомеостати́чний (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · fr homéostatique (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · ga aonstádach (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · sv homeostatisk (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · de homöostatisch (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · es homeostático (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · hu homeosztatikus (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · it omeostatico (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · ka ჰომეოსტაზური (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · cmn 稳态的 (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · nl homeostatisch (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · ca homeostàtic (of or pertaining to homeostasis) · cs homeostatický (of or pertaining to homeostasis)