equilibrium

(e-kwe-lib’re-um) [L. @quus, equal + li’bra balance]. A state of balance or equipoise; a condition in which opposing forces exactly counteract each other. dy ©., the condition in which the material taken into the body are balanced by corresponding excretions. carbon @., the condition in which the total carbon of the excreta is balanced by the carbon of the food. nitrogen e., nitrogenous e., the condition in which the body is metabolizing and excreting as much nitrogen as it is receiving in the food; called also proteine. nutritivee. Same as physiologic e. physiologic e., the condition in which the amount of material taken into the body exactly equals the amount discharged. protein e., nitrogen equilibrium.