Look up: osmoregulation

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   Osmoregulation
   (Humans as organisms) process of keeping a constant amount of water and salts in the blood
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   Osmoregulation
   Regulation of the salt concentration in cells and body fluids.
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   osmoregulation
   Processes by which a cell regulates its internal osmotic pressure. These may include water transport, ion accumulation or loss, synthesis of osmotically active substances such as glycerol in the alga Dunaliella , activation of membrane ATPases etc.
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   osmoregulation
   <biochemistry, physiology> Processes by which a cell regulates its internal osmotic pressure. These may include water transport, ion accumulation or loss, synthesis of osmotically active substances such as glycerol in the alga Dunaliella, activation of membrane ATPases etc. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Osmoregulation
   `Osmoregulation` is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of bodily fluids to maintain the homeostasis of the body's water content; that is it keeps the body's fluids from becoming too dilute or too concentrated. Osmotic pressure is a measure of the tendency of water to move into one solution from another by osmosis. The higher the osmotic pressure of a solution the more water wants to go into the solution. Pressure must be exerted on the...
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   osmoregulation
   (oz″mo-reg″u-la´shәn) adjustment of internal osmotic pressure of a simple organism or body cell in relation to that of the surrounding medium. adj., osmoreg´ulatory., adj.
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   osmoregulation
   in biology, maintenance by an organism of an internal balance between water and dissolved materials regardless of environmental conditions. In many ... [6 related articles]
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   osmoregulation
   osmoregulation Control of the volume and composition of body fluids.
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