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HOMEOSTATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related to or characterized by homeostasis
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
homeostasis ((physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes)
Derivation:
homeostasis ((physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes)
Context examples:
A clotting condition characterized as a disruption in the homeostatic balance of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems presenting as a pathological activation of coagulation mechanisms leading to the formation of small clots inside the blood vessels throughout the body of the newborn.
(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Newborn, NCI Thesaurus)
Ion Channel Protein Genes encode Ion Channel Proteins that typically aggregate in membrane-associated complexes forming pores whose activities regulate the movement of ions through cellular membranes to affect cellular homeostatic conditions and/or signaling processes.
(Ion Channel Protein Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Future strategies might harness this homeostatic mechanism to promote resilience to stress and combat depression.
(Self-tuning neurons promote resilience to stress, depression, NIH)
