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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
homeostasis /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs, ˌhəʊm-/ (also homoeostasis)

▶noun (pl. homeostases /-siːz/) the maintenance of a stable equilibrium, especially through physiological processes.

– derivatives
homeostatic adjective.

– origin 1920s: mod. L., from Gk homoios ‘like’ + -stasis.

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