homeostasis

the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things
Thing type_of_equilibrium Q103191
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Summary

homeostasis is a type of equilibrium[1]. homeostasis ranks in the top 9% of type of equilibrium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,334 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: equilibrium[3], control[4]
  • Commons category: Homeostasis[5]
  • Has cause: homeostatic process[6], homeostatic regulation[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Homeostasis[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Lean Logic[10], Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Human homeostasis[12]
  • Different from: hemostasis[13], allostasis[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

homeostasis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] homeostasis is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → homeostasis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: homeostasis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932969|homeostasis (#289932969)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['3OUEIq', '2m9Taa']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0338656-homeostaza
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0338656-homeostaza, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → homeostatic process, homeostatic regulation
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Homeostasis
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 38814, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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