| homeostasis |
Maintaining a dynamic, steady state in a living system through opposing, compensating adjustments.
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| homeostasis |
In a physiologic sense, the maintenance of normal limits of body functioning.
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| homeotherm |
Organism capable of maintaining a constant body temperature under most circumstances. Mammals are homeotherms.
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| hominid |
Humans and humanlike ancestors since the time of divergence from the African apes. Some researchers advocate a somewhat different definition, including the African apes, and use the term "hominin" to refer to humans and their bipedal ancestors.
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| Hominidae |
(ho-mih9nih-day)In a traditional taxonomy, the family of modern and extinct human species, defined as the primates that are habitually bipedal. Members of this group are called hominids.
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