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heterostasis

heterostasis noun: a stable (if dynamic) distribution of states, behaviours etc.

Noun

heterostasis (uncountable)

  1. A stable (if dynamic) distribution of states, behaviours etc.

Origin of heterostasis

From hetero- + -stasis.

Questions about heterostasis

What does heterostasis mean?
Heterostasis means a stable (if dynamic) distribution of states, behaviours etc.
What part of speech is heterostasis?
Heterostasis is a noun.

Words near heterostasis in the dictionary

  1. heterospory
  2. heterosquare
  3. heterosquares
  4. heterostable
  5. heterostacking
  6. heterostasis
  7. heterostatic
  8. heterosteginid
  9. heterosteginids
  10. heterosteric
  11. heterostracan

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