| homeostasis |
quality of tending to uniformity or stability
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| homeotherm |
An animal that maintains a constant internal temperature by physiological means, regardless of environmental temperature (compare: Poikilotherm)
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| homeostasis |
In medicine and biology, this term is applied to the inherent tendency in an organism toward maintenance of physiological and psychological stability.
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| homeostasis |
Physiological condition that regulates the rate of metabolism.
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| homeopathic |
Relating to homeopathy, a system of medicine founded in the late 1700's by Samuel Hahnemann. The system is based on the principle that "like cures like". Practitioners believe that a substance that produces a set of symptoms in a well person will, in minute," potentized" doses, cure those same symptoms in a diseased individual.
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