homeostasis
noun/ˌhəʊmiəˈsteɪsɪs/, /ˌhɒmiəˈsteɪsɪs/
/ˌhəʊmiəˈsteɪsɪs/
(British English also homoeo-)
[uncountable] (biology)- the process by which the body reacts to changes in order to keep conditions inside the body, for example temperature, the sameWord Origin1920s: modern Latin, from Greek homoios ‘like’ + stasis ‘equilibrium’.
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