Disruption of homeostasis

Synonyms for "disruption of homeostasis" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
disturbancedysregulationhomeostatic breakdownhomeostatic derangement

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
homeostatic failureimbalanceinstabilitymetabolic imbalancepathological disruption

Related words (8)

Noun(8 words)
physiological imbalanceregulatory disturbanceregulatory failureset-point shiftsetpoint shiftsystem instabilitysystemic derangementsystemic disturbance

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
biological mechanismbiological processbiomedical conditionclinical syndromedisease processfeedback regulationphysiological disturbancephysiological processphysiological regulationregulatory processsystemic disturbance

More specific

17 entries
dehydration consequencedehydration disruptioneffector dysfunctionelectrolyte imbalancefeedback failurefever disruptionfever response disruptionglucose homeostasis disruptionimmune homeostasis failuremetabolic imbalanceosmoregulation disruptionosmotic imbalancesensor failureset point driftshock statetemperature spike

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Collocations

10 entries
acute homeostasis disruptionchronic homeostasis disruptionhomeostasis disruptionhomeostatic disruptioninternal setpoint shiftphysiological imbalanceregulatory failuresevere homeostasis disruptionsudden homeostasis disruptionsystemic instability

Inflections

1 entries
disruptions of homeostasis

Derivations

6 entries