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Homeostasis is

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A.tendency to change with change in environment
B.tendency to resist change
C.disturbance in regulatory control
D.plants and animals extracts used in homeopathy

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Homeostasis (Gr. homeos = similar; stasis = standing) is the tendency of maintaining a ralarively stable onternal physiological environmet in an organism, or steady - state equilibrium in a population or ecosystem. It is carried out by regulatory mechanisms which coordinate internal functions such as providing nutrients to cells and transporting substances.

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