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hyperosmoregulation

hyperosmoregulation noun: excessive osmoregulation (in some fish).

Noun

hyperosmoregulation (uncountable)

  1. Excessive osmoregulation (in some fish)

Origin of hyperosmoregulation

From hyper- + osmoregulation.

Questions about hyperosmoregulation

What does hyperosmoregulation mean?
Hyperosmoregulation means excessive osmoregulation (in some fish).
What part of speech is hyperosmoregulation?
Hyperosmoregulation is a noun.

Words near hyperosmoregulation in the dictionary

  1. hyperosmolar comas
  2. hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma
  3. hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic comas
  4. hyperosmolarities
  5. hyperosmolarity
  6. hyperosmoregulation
  7. hyperosmoregulator
  8. hyperosmoregulators
  9. hyperosmosis
  10. hyperosmotic
  11. hyperosmotically

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