homoeostasyn.
/hɒmiːˈɒstəsi/ anglicized form of homoeostasis n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > temperature and regulation > [noun] > maintenance of stable conditions in an organism
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1945 S. Brody Bioenergetics & Growth x. 250 A calcium hexose monophosphate is the important intermediary in..calcium homeostasy.
1959 Times Rev. Industry Jan. 42/1 The human body contains a vast hierarchy of controls which help to maintain a constant and stable state. The American physiologist W. B. Cannon termed this condition homeostasy.
1971 D. Watts Princ. Biogeogr. v. 223 This notion has also been criticized by Lack on the grounds that..the stability produced from homeostacy [sic] could equally well result from the density-dependent factors already described.
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