Homeostatic vs Homeostasis - What's the difference?
homeostatic | homeostasis |
Of or pertaining to homeostasis .
(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.
* 2011 , Professional Guide to Pathophysiology , Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 1:
Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
Homeostasis is a derived term of homeostatic.
As an adjective homeostatic
is of or pertaining to homeostasis.As a noun homeostasis is
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.homeostatic
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Adjective
(head)- Multicellular organisms require a homeostatic internal environment, in order to live. (from Wikipedia article, )
See also
Wikipedia article:homeostasis
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(wikipedia homeostasis)Alternative forms
* homoeostasis (UK) * (dated)Noun
(homeostases)- When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur.