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
EDITH MAY WILLITS CLARKE, age 76-09-10, died on February 14, 1945, at her home in Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. She was born on May 4, 1868, in Kansas, the daughter of John Elias Willits and Mary Catherine Frick. Her parents were natives of Indiana and Pennsylvania, respectively.