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語源

Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) +‎ -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/, /ˌhəʊmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhoʊ.mi.oʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/
• 韻: -eɪsɪs

名詞

homeostasis (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 homeostases)

1. (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.
   • 2002, "Walter Bradford Cannon" in American Journal of Physiology, 92(10):1594-5, DOI 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1594

     His most important work concentrated on the complexities of chemical neurotransmission (for which Otto Loewi received a Nobel Prize in 1936) and on “homeostasis” (a term coined by Cannon in 1926), the maintenance of steady states in the body and the physiological processes through which they are regulated.

   • 2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 1:

     When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur.

2. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.

派生語

• homeostatic
• metal homeostasis

関連する語

• stasis
• proteostasis

Further reading

• homeostasis at OneLook Dictionary Search