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
This interesting patronymic name is English in origin and derives from 'Eda', a Middle English short form of the female given name Edith, from the Olde English 'Eadgyo which means 'prosperity battle'. Edson would thus be, 'son of Eda'. Although in this form the name is now obsolete, it was common until the late 17th Century.