Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Maintenance of an optimal, constant osmotic pressure in the body of a living organism.
Wiktionary
- n. The homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a constant water content
Etymologies
- osmo(sis) + regulation. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Tracheae regulate air exchange, and free amino acids are the major players in osmoregulation.”
“Trachea regulate air exchange and free amino acids are the major players in osmoregulation.”
“Hypotonic urine, to aid osmoregulation, is produced with needed ions being reabsorbed in the midgut.”
“There are no particular modifications, from the basic insect body plan, for circulation, excretion or osmoregulation that have been recognized in these moth species.”
“Heteropterans, like other insects, have a waxy cuticle that repels water to reduce the need for active osmoregulation.”
“Back in the classroom, I was mid-sentence explaining osmoregulation in the kidneys when "YIIIIEEEEE!”
“Perhaps the trout longest isolated in fresh water, the Gila and Apache trout, have lost or greatly reduced the physiological processes that allow for osmoregulation maintenance of a stable salt and water balance in the blood in marine waters.”
“However, it also limits distribution in aqueous environments with salinity in excess of twenty parts per thousand, due to the high cost of osmoregulation.”
“Mekalanos JJ (1988) A novel suicide vector and its use in construction of insertion mutations: osmoregulation of outer membrane proteins and virulence determinants in Vibrio cholerae requires toxR.”
“My search revealed the words "diurnal," "dewlap," "osmoregulation," and "Guatemala," all technical terms that relate to the iguana in some way, shape or form.”
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lweber5@scf.edu Online Dictionary. The maintenance of an optimal constant osmotic pressure in the body of a living organism. Oct 6, 2010