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- adverb In a homeostatic manner.
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- adverb By means of, or in terms of,
homeostasis .
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- adverb in a homeostatic manner
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Examples
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This makes sense homeostatically: if leptin is released in proportion to the fat accumulated then it is a signal of how much fat we have in reserve.
Gary Taubes responds | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Both REM sleep and sleep stages 3 and 4 are homeostatically driven—that is, if a human is selectively deprived of one of these, it rebounds once the person is allowed to sleep.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Both REM sleep and sleep stages 3 and 4 are homeostatically driven—that is, if a human is selectively deprived of one of these, it rebounds once the person is allowed to sleep.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Both REM sleep and sleep stages 3 and 4 are homeostatically driven—that is, if a human is selectively deprived of one of these, it rebounds once the person is allowed to sleep.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Although the conference was "all business" the audience enthusiastically applauded the speech by Dr. Melamede about why marijuana is unlike any other drug because of its ability to very broadly stimulate the endocannabinoid system that homeostatically and holistically regulates all of our body systems.
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The air-conditioner is homeostatically controlled.
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A living system's homeostatic and allostatic abilities play a central role in defining its uniqueness, as it enables it to homeostatically and allostatically regulate the most important variables in concert required for its continued living: an organization, whatever its description, that perpetuates its existence as a living system autonomously.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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The air-conditioner is homeostatically controlled.
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As one individual or identity, fetus and adult represent a single self-constructing self-perpetuating homeostatically adaptable machine.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF), an ATPase involved in membrane fusion events and stabilization of surface AMPARs, and Polo-like kinase - 2 (Plk2), an activity-inducible kinase that homeostatically decreases excitatory synapse number and strength.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Danielle M Evers 2010
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