Sterling and Eyer's goal in introducing allostasis was to reject and replace the term 'homeostasis,' which had been the preferred term to describe most or all regulatory processes in the body since Walter Cannon introduced it in 1932.

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  Allostasis revisited: A perception, variation, and risk framework

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