homeostasis
Meaning of homeostasis
noun
the tendency towards a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
1920s: modern Latin, from Greek homoios ‘like’ + -stasis.
Information about homeostasis
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of homeostasis
home-osta-sis
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- homeostasis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of homeostasis
- Spanish: homeostasis
- French: homéostasie
- Italian: omeostasi
- Portuguese: homeostase
Words that rhyme with homeostasis
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