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
First Lady Biography: Edith Roosevelt. EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT. BIRTH: Norwich, Connecticut. 6 August 1861. Her middle name was the surname of a paternal great-uncle, Robert Kermit. FATHER: Charles Carow, (born 4 October 1825, New York, New York, died 17 March 1883). Son of a successful mercantile family, Carow pursued an import-export business.