THERMOREGULATORY

Meaning of THERMOREGULATORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē ]

adjective

Date: 1941

: tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature

thermoregulatory mechanisms

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

THERMOREGULATORY — adjective Date: 1941 tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THERMOREGULATORY — “+ adjective Etymology: therm- + regulatory : serving to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERMOREGULATORY — [ther.mo.reg.u.la.to.ry] adj (1941): tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature "~ adjustments"
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THERMOREGULATORY — adj. Pronunciation: - ' re-gy ə -l ə - ˌ to ̇ r- ē Function: adjective Date: 1941 : tending …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THERMONEUTRALITY — |thər(ˌ)mō+ noun Etymology: therm- + neutrality : a state of thermal balance between an organism and its environments such that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERMOREGULATION — — thermoregulatory /therr'moh reg"yeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj. /therr'moh reg'yeuh lay"sheuhn/ , n. Physiol. the regulation of body temperature. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THERMOREGULATION — ■ noun Physiology the regulation of bodily temperature. Derivatives thermoregulate verb thermoregulatory adjective
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