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
Cover of âAunt Janeâs Nieces Abroad,â one of a series of bookâs Baum wrote under the pen name Edith Van Dyne. Baum (his first initial, âL,â stood for Lyman, a name he disliked; in person, he went by Frank) also churned out dozens of books using various pen names. Among this work was a popular series for teenage girls, âAunt Janeâs Nieces,â for which he used the nom de plume Edith van Dyne.