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Homeostatic vs Homostatic - What's the difference?

homeostatic | homostatic |

As adjectives the difference between homeostatic and homostatic

is that homeostatic is of or pertaining to homeostasis while homostatic is describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.

homeostatic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of or pertaining to homeostasis .
  • Multicellular organisms require a homeostatic internal environment, in order to live. (from Wikipedia article, )

    See also

    Wikipedia article:

    homostatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing homografts which are inert when transplanted into the recipient.
  • * W. P. Longmire, J. National Cancer Institute , 14, 669:
  • The term homostatic graft might be applied to inert tissues such as bone and cartilage when transferred from one individual to another of the same species; and the term homovital graft'' might be used in reference to grafts whose cells must continue to grow and reproduce for the graft to be effective after similar transplantation .
  • * H. Conway, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Assocation , 13, 43:
  • These grafts persist however as homostatic grafts and are completely replaced by host tissues in time.