单词	osmoregulation
释义	osmoregulation /ˌɒzməʊrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n / noun [mass noun] Biology The maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the control of water and salt concentrations.To understand osmoregulation of organisms in the real world, then, we must remember that organisms are more than bags of interesting molecules or vehicles for sets of genes.... Individual cells can prevent water rushing into them by osmoregulation. In spite of these facts, little is known about the ionic mechanisms of osmoregulation in higher plant cells, and the data are controversial at times. Derivatives osmoregulatory adjective ... This hypothesis is the central issue discussed in the present review, along with the ontogeny of osmoregulatory mechanisms during the embryonic life. The osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone and prolactin are antagonistic. Green glands in the second antennae serve an osmoregulatory and excretory function.
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