HOMEOSTASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeostasis mean? 

• HOMEOSTASIS (noun)
  The noun HOMEOSTASIS has 1 sense:

1. (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

  Familiarity information: HOMEOSTASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOSTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("homeostasis" is a kind of...):

equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Derivation:

homeostatic (related to or characterized by homeostasis)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase MER protein, plays a role in tissue homeostasis and receptor signaling.

(MERTK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A general physiologic process, usually associated with a specific organ or organ system, typically related to homeostasis and/or energy production.

(Metabolic Process, Organismal, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the maintenance of cardiac homeostasis.

(Natriuretic Peptides B, NCI Thesaurus)

This process is involved in vasodilation, vessel homeostasis, immune response, neurotransmission and modulation of the hair cycle.

(Negative Regulation of Nitric Oxide Release, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in tissue homeostasis and mutations in the gene are associated with the onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa.

(MERTK Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cellular energy homeostasis.

(CKB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbonic anhydrases play important roles in mineral and metabolic homeostasis.

(Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in apoptosis, immune cell homeostasis, lymphocyte activation and immunoprotection.

(CASP8 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cholesteryl ester transfer protein, is involved in the regulation of cholesteryl ester transfer, which is critical to the processes of cholesterol metabolism and homeostasis.

(CETP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Small (8-14 kD), mostly basic, chemokines interact with 7-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors and regulate cell trafficking of leukocytes, as well as development, homeostasis, and immune system function.

(Chemokine (C Motif) Ligand 2, NCI Thesaurus)