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HOMEOSTASIS

a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group

The meaning of the word homeostasis is a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group.

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begetto procreate as the father : sire
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generalitythe quality or state of being general
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noisomenoxious
shavingthe act of one that shaves
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
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