Homeostasis
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Homeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος, homoios, "similar"; and ἵστημι, histēmi, "standing still"; defined by Claude Bernard and later by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1929 + 1932) is the property of a system, either open or closed, that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, constant condition. Typically used to refer to a living organism, the concept came from that of milieu interieur that was created by Claude Bernard and published in 1865. Multiple dynamic equilibria adjustment and regulation mechanisms make homeostasis possible.
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See also
- Acclimatization
- Allostasis
- Apoptosis
- Biological rhythm
- Cybernetics
- Enantiostasis
- Homeorhesis
- Le Chatelier's principle
- Lenz's law
- Milieu interieur
- Osmosis
- Proteostasis
- Senescence
- Steady state
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