HOMEOSTASIS

Homeostasis

Homeostasis — also spelled homoeostasis or homœostasis — is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity . It is a process which maintains the stability of the human body's internal environment in response to changes in external conditions.

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homeostasis

Noun

  1. The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a stable equilibrium; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a constant temperature.
  2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.


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