POIKILOSMOTIC


Meaning of POIKILOSMOTIC in English

|pȯikə̇l+ adjective

Etymology: poecil- + osmotic

: lacking a bodily osmotic regulating mechanism and having body fluids with an osmotic pressure similar to that of the surrounding medium

most lower marine invertebrates are poikilosmotic

— compare homoiosmotic

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