The maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.
26,102
words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593
searchable synonym connections
350,924
published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning
Cell death
(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
42
useful connections shown
0 reviewed relationships and
42 broader connections.
Reviewed set in progress
No hand-reviewed synonym set has been published for this word yet.
The broader connections below can still help you explore, but they are labelled by the evidence joining the words and should not automatically be treated as substitutes.
Explore further
Words from the same subject
These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.
The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.Osmose.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.The junction through which a neuron communicates with another cell.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act of adducing or bringing forward.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.
Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physiology, normal, degeneration, death, living.
All dictionary tools
Explore Academic Dictionary
The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.
Aa
Dictionary
Definitions and meanings
⇄
Thesaurus
Synonyms with nuance
¶
Academic writing
Evidence and analysis
✓
Professional
Workplace vocabulary
⌛
Word origins
Etymology and roots
∑
Subjects
Specialist dictionaries
⠿
Word clusters
Connected vocabulary
≈
Word similarity
Compare two words
#
Crossword
Play with vocabulary