For contracts with Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit (GMIB)**** and/or Enhanced Death Benefit. (EDB) - Withdrawal amount that increases upon an Optional or Automatic step-up* to equal ** of. the Annual Increase Amount (âCompounding Income Baseâ) upon step-up (withdrawal amount will not increase.
The homeostasis of a family or system is a statement of what fit defined the family or system. It is not a statement that the fit was healthy or functional or good or positive. Homeostasis, conceptually, is neutral.
According to the 'Oxford Colour Medical Dictionary, Third Edition'. homeostasis is the the physiological process by which the internal. systems of the body (e.g. blood pressure, body temperature, acid-base. balance) are maintained at equilibrium, despite variations in the. external conditions.