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What do you understand by Homeostasis ? Write the name of scientist who used this word for the first time.

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Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a constant internal environment in response to environmental changes. The concept of the regulation of the internal environment was described by French physiologist Claude Bernard in 1865, and the word homeostasis was coined by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1926.

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