milieu interieur (English spelling)

Japanese: milieu interieur(英語表記)milieuinterieur
milieu interieur (English spelling)

...Furthermore, a new viewpoint has emerged that emphasizes the active role of the organism in choosing the optimal conditions in the environment through the process of "adaptation." Claude Bernard pointed out that the reason organisms can survive even when the external environment changes drastically is because they have the ability to keep their "internal environment" (the organisms, in this case, the cells and tissues) constant, and he called this ability homeostasis. Today, this concept has been imported back to the external environment, and is also used in terms of ecosystem homeostasis. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "milieu interieur" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…さらには,生物主体が〈適応〉過程を通じて環境の中で最適な条件を選ぶという能動性を強調する立場も登場している。 クロード・ベルナールは外界の環境が激しく変化しても生物が生きていけるのはその〈内部環境milieu interieur〉(この場合の主体は細胞や組織)を一定に保つ能力があるためであるということを指摘し,この能力をホメオスタシスと呼んだ。今日この概念は外部環境にも逆輸入され,生態系のホメオスタシスといった使い方もされるようになっている。…

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