Homeostasis (from Greek: ????, hómos, "equal"; and ??????, ist?mi, "to stand" lit. "to stand equally"; coined by Walter Bradford Cannon) is the property of either an ...

noun . 1. the tendency of a system, esp. the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation ...

Because this tends to keep things constant, it allows us to maintain homeostasis. On the other hand, positive feedback is also possible. This means that if a change occurs in ...

noun. Physiol. the tendency to maintain, or the maintenance of, normal, internal stability in an organism by coordinated responses of the organ systems that automatically ...

Human homeostasis refers to the body's ability to regulate its internal physiology to maintain stability in response to fluctuations in the outside environment.