- thermoregulatory
- ther·mo·reg·u·la·to·ry -'reg-yə-lə-.tōr-ē, -.tȯr- adj tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature <\thermoregulatory adjustments>
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thermoregulatory — adjective Date: 1941 tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature < thermoregulatory mechanisms > … New Collegiate Dictionary
thermoregulatory — “+ adjective Etymology: therm + regulatory : serving to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature the thermoregulatory mechanisms of warm blooded vertebrates … Useful english dictionary
thermoregulatory — See thermoregulation. * * * … Universalium
thermoregulatory — adjective Of or pertaining to thermoregulation … Wiktionary
thermoregulatory — ther·mo·regulatory … English syllables
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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. [1925 30; THERMO + REGULATION] * * * ▪ physiology also called Heat Regulation, the… … Universalium
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thermal sweating — thermoregulatory sweating the normal mechanism by which a warm external environment causes sweating, as opposed to conditions such as emotional hyperhidrosis and gustatory hyperhidrosis … Medical dictionary
