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homeostasis Definition

homeo·sta·sis (hō′mē ō stāsis)

noun

  1. Physiol. the tendency to maintain, or the maintenance of, normal, internal stability in an organism by coordinated responses of the organ systems that automatically compensate for environmental changes
  2. any analogous maintenance of stability or equilibrium, as within a social group

Etymology: ModL: see homeo- & stasis

homeostasis Related Forms

ho′meo·static (--) adjective

homeostasis Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • regulate: Cardiac structural biology Research focuses upon studies of ion channels regulating calcium homeostasis in the heart.
  • maintain: The question is: What physiological systems help to maintain heart rate homeostasis?
  • restore: Transplantation of pancreatic islets is arguably the most logical approach to restoring metabolic homeostasis in people with diabetes.
  • control: Recent achievements include the identification of circuits that control body weight homeostasis, which could provide novel targets for the treatment of obesity.
  • achieve: Help nature achieve homeostasis Treatment will induce over-active or under-active glands and organs to return to their normal functioning level or balance.
  • include: Corticosteroids mediate a number of functions of mammalian brain, including blood pressure homeostasis, salt appetite and neuronal excitability.

Preposition: in

  • cell: Ian Booth Our research in microbial physiology is based on ionic homeostasis in bacterial cells.
  • heart: Cardiac structural biology Research focuses upon studies of ion channels regulating calcium homeostasis in the heart.

Adjective modifier

  • cellular: Over the last twenty years, several studies have reported that RF exposure may produce changes in cellular calcium homeostasis.
  • normal: This new phenomenon has major implications for our understanding of normal cellular homeostasis in the immune system.
  • metabolic: Transplantation of pancreatic islets is arguably the most logical approach to restoring metabolic homeostasis in people with diabetes.
  • vascular: Endothelin-1 and aldosterone play a critical role in vascular homeostasis and their high levels have been implicated in high altitude disorders.
  • acid-base: Bandolier got the correct answers to question 1, but gets a severe headache when asked to think about acid-base homeostasis.
  • altered: The contribution of altered ion homeostasis to development of osteoarthritis is also being examined.

Noun used with modifier

  • glucose: Lecture 23: Blood glucose homeostasis - the integrated response to food, exercise, fasting & stress.
  • calcium: Over the last twenty years, several studies have reported that RF exposure may produce changes in cellular calcium homeostasis.
  • lipid: There are many human diseases associated with disrupted lipid homeostasis but the most prevalent of these is type II diabetes.
  • ion: The contribution of altered ion homeostasis to development of osteoarthritis is also being examined.
  • iron: Initially, a mutants will be screened for a combination of photosystem I impairment and a cellular iron homeostasis defect.
  • tissue: The maintenance of tissue homeostasis is also aided by apoptosis, which acts to remove damaged, aged, autoimmune or malignant cells.

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