Usually means: Maintenance of stable internal conditions.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. homeostasis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. homeostasis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. homeostasis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. homeostasis: Vocabulary.com
  5. Homeostasis, homeostasis: Wordnik
  6. homeostasis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. homeostasis: Wiktionary
  8. homeostasis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. homeostasis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. homeostasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. homeostasis: Dictionary.com
  12. Homeostasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. homeostasis: Rhymezone
  14. homeostasis: FreeDictionary.org
  15. homeostasis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. homeostasis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. homeostasis: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Homeostasis (Biology), homeostasis: Legal dictionary
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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Homeostasis: Cybernetics and Systems
  2. Homeostasis (Biology), homeostasis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. homeostasis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Homeostasis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. homeostasis: Natural Health glossary
  6. Homeostasis: Merck Manuals
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  9. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  10. homeostasis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  12. Homeostasis (Biology), homeostasis: Medical dictionary
  13. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
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  15. Homeostasis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. homeostasis (developmental): Evolution Glossary
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (homeostasis)

noun:  (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
noun:  Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.

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