thermoregulation

[ thur-moh-reg-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

nounPhysiology.

Origin of thermoregulation

First recorded in 1925–30; thermo- + regulation

ther·mo·reg·u·la·to·ry [thur-moh-reg-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌθɜr moʊˈrɛg yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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Initially, they most likely evolved for thermoregulation, for camouflage, and as a signaling mechanism to communicate and attract mates.
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Our early ancestors employed persistence hunting—chasing speedy game for hours in the heat of the day—to turn human endurance and thermoregulation to their advantage.
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Also, his heart is not challenged when delivering oxygenated blood to the working leg muscles, the brain, and to the skin for thermoregulation.
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Each type of heat illness occurs when the human body can’t cool itself efficiently via thermoregulation.
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It “crushed the competition in the thermoregulation test,” he wrote.
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By such behavioral thermoregulation extremes of weather are neutralized, or at least buffered to some degree.
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This allows it to use less energy than expected for thermoregulation at low temperatures.
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thermoregulation

[ thûr′mō-rĕg′yə-lā′shən ]

Maintenance of a constant internal body temperature independent of the environmental temperature. Thermoregulation in humans is effected through metabolic activity and sweating.

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