osmoregulation

[oz-moh-reg-yuh-ley-shuhn, os-]

noun

1. the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.

osmoregulation

/ ˌɒzməʊˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. zoology the adjustment of the osmotic pressure of a cell or organism in relation to the surrounding fluid

Word History and Origins

Origin of osmoregulation¹

First recorded in 1930–35; osmo- + regulation

Example Sentences

"We thought that freshwater insects might be shifting so much of their energy toward osmoregulation in saltier environments that they cannot grow or thrive," Buchwalter says.

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That way the animal doesn't have to work as hard to maintain osmoregulation.

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Freshwater fish tend to have higher concentrations of cesium than their oceanic counterparts because of differences in their osmoregulation systems, which controls fluids entering and leave the body.

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The Z. marina genome resource will markedly advance a wide range of functional ecological studies from adaptation of marine ecosystems under climate warming5, 6, to unravelling the mechanisms of osmoregulation under high salinities that may further inform our understanding of the evolution of salt tolerance in crop plants7.

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In eukaryotes on the other hand they are used sparingly; for ethylene responses and photosensitivity in plants and osmoregulation in fungi and slime moulds.

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