单词 | osmoregulate |
释义 | osmoregulatev. Physiology. intransitive. To regulate the body's content of water and solutes; to maintain the osmotic concentration of body fluids at a constant level or within certain limits. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > movement > [verb (intransitive)] > osmosis osmoregulate1958 1958 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 35 241 Animals whose branchial epithelium has been damaged by a brief exposure to saturated KMnO4 solution have lost the ability to osmo-regulate. 1969 New Scientist 30 Jan. 243/1 Herring embryos could osmoregulate even before chloride cells had developed. 1993 Functional Ecol. 7 323/2 Chown & Van Drimmelen..found that Palirhoeus eatoni larvae are capable of osmoregulating over a variety of salinities, which does not seem to be the case for the other weevil species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1958 |
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