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Defenition of the word homeostasis

    • Defenition of the word homeostasis

      • That property of either an open system or a closed system, especially a living organism, which regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable, constant condition.
      • metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
      • (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

    Hypernyms for the word homeostasis

      • equilibrium
      • physiological condition
      • physiological state

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