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thermostasis

thermostasis noun: the maintenance of a constant bodily temperature.

Noun

thermostasis (uncountable)

  1. The maintenance of a constant bodily temperature

Origin of thermostasis

From thermo- + -stasis.

Questions about thermostasis

What does thermostasis mean?
Thermostasis means the maintenance of a constant bodily temperature.
What part of speech is thermostasis?
Thermostasis is a noun.

Words near thermostasis in the dictionary

  1. thermostabilizer
  2. thermostabilizers
  3. thermostabilizes
  4. thermostabilizing
  5. thermostable
  6. thermostasis
  7. thermostat
  8. thermostated
  9. thermostatic
  10. thermostatically
  11. thermostatics

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