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
Edith Piaf, byname of Edith Giovanna Gassion (born December 19, 1915, Paris, Franceâdied October 10, 1963, Plascassier, near Grasse), French singer and actress whose interpretation of the chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous.