It means keeping things constant and comes from two Greek words: 'homeo,' meaning 'similar,' and 'stasis,' meaning 'stable.' A more formal definition of homeostasis is a characteristic of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties.
Edith is a female given name, derived from the Old English words ead, meaning 'riches or blessed ', and gyÃ°, meaning 'war', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form, also a common name in French, is Ãdith. Ã©dith
Adeline is a French form of the name Adelaide. The name Adelaide is derived from the Germanic elements adel meaning nobel and heid meaning kind or sort. The name was borne by the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great in the 10th century.deline is a French form of the name Adelaide. The name Adelaide is derived from the Germanic elements adel meaning nobel and heid meaning kind or sort. The name was borne by the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great in the 10th century.