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homeo- +‎ -static

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homeostatic (not comparable)

  1. (biology, physiology) Of or pertaining to homeostasis.
    Multicellular organisms require a homeostatic internal environment in order to live.
    • 1992, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, Rider, published 2002, →ISBN, page 46:
      Sleep, rest, food and sex provide restorative homeostatic experiences that return consciousness to order after the needs of the body intrude and cause psychic entropy to occur.

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Borrowed from French homéostatique. Equivalent to homeo- +‎ -static.

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homeostatic m or n (feminine singular homeostatică, masculine plural homeostatici, feminine and neuter plural homeostatice)

  1. homeostatic

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