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rheostasis

rheostasis noun: the regulation of some aspect of a biological organism in a changing environment.

Noun

rheostasis (uncountable)

  1. The regulation of some aspect of a biological organism in a changing environment.

Origin of rheostasis

From rheo- + -stasis.

Questions about rheostasis

What does rheostasis mean?
Rheostasis means the regulation of some aspect of a biological organism in a changing environment.
What part of speech is rheostasis?
Rheostasis is a noun.

Words near rheostasis in the dictionary

  1. rheoplethysmography
  2. rheoscope
  3. rheoscopes
  4. rheoscopic
  5. rheoscopy
  6. rheostasis
  7. rheostat
  8. rheostatic
  9. rheostatically
  10. rheostats
  11. rheotactic

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