HOMOIOSMOTIC


Meaning of HOMOIOSMOTIC in English

(|)hō|mȯi, (|)hä|-+ adjective

Etymology: home- + osmotic

: having a bodily osmotic regulating mechanism and having body fluids that differ in osmotic pressure from the surrounding medium or from sea water

homoiosmotic animals include all the land and freshwater vertebrates

— compare poikilosmotic

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.