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osmoregulation
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osmoregulation /os·mo·reg·u·la·tion/ (-reg″u-la´shun) adjustment of internal osmotic pressure of a simple organism or body cell in relation to that of the surrounding medium.osmoreg´ulatory
os·mo·reg·u·la·tion (zm-rgy-lshn, s-)
n.
The maintenance of an optimal constant osmotic pressure in the body of a living organism.
osmo·regu·la·tory (-l-tôr) adj.
osmoregulation
[-reg′yəlā′shən]
Etymology: Gk, ōsmos, impulse; L, regula, rule
the act of influencing or controlling the speed and extent of osmosis.
osmoregulation [oz″mo-reg″u-la´shun]
adjustment of internal osmotic pressure of a simple organism or body cell in relation to that of the surrounding medium. adj., adj osmoreg´ulatory.
osmoregulation
adjustment of internal osmotic pressure of a simple organism or body cell in relation to that of the surrounding medium.
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The authors mention that the mercury interacts with an osmoregulator mechanism impeding the animal osmoregulator capacity, increasing, then, the toxicity of metal increasing in low salinities and decreasing in high salinities.
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