Terms vs Allostasis - What's the difference?
terms | allostasis |
The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 18, author=Natalie Angier, title=Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop, work=New York Times
, passage=This system of so-called allostasis , of maintaining control through constant change, stands in contrast to the mechanisms of homeostasis that keep the pH level and oxygen concentration in the blood within a narrow and invariant range. }}
As nouns the difference between terms and allostasis
is that terms is while allostasis is the process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.allostasis
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(wikipedia allostasis)Noun
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