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biostasis

biostasis noun: the ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them.

Noun

biostasis (uncountable)

  1. The ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them

Origin of biostasis

From bio- + stasis.

Questions about biostasis

What does biostasis mean?
Biostasis means the ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them.
What part of speech is biostasis?
Biostasis is a noun.

Words near biostasis in the dictionary

  1. biostability
  2. biostabilization
  3. biostabilizations
  4. biostabilizing
  5. biostable
  6. biostasis
  7. biostat
  8. biostatic
  9. biostatical
  10. biostatically
  11. biostatics

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