Usually means: Maintaining stability through physiological change.
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  1. allostasis: Merriam-Webster
  2. allostasis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allostasis: Wordnik
  4. allostasis: Wiktionary
  5. Allostasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. allostasis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. allostasis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. GI Disorders (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (allostasis)

noun:  The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.

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