homeostasis

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English

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Etymology

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

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homoeostasis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /homeoˈstasɪs/
  • Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
  • Hyphenation: ho‧mé‧o‧sta‧sis

Noun

homéostasis (plural homeostasis-homeostasis, first-person possessive homeostasisku, second-person possessive homeostasismu, third-person possessive homeostasisnya)

  1. (physiology) homeostasis, homoeostasis

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Spanish

Etymology

From homeo- +‎ Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “stability”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /omeosˈtasis/
  • Rhymes: -asis
  • Syllabification: ho‧me‧os‧ta‧sis

Noun

homeostasis f (plural homeostasis)

  1. (physiology) homeostasis

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