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ionoregulatory

ionoregulatory adjective: related to ionoregulation.

Adjective

ionoregulatory (not comparable)

  1. Related to ionoregulation
    • However, fish were not fed during the experiment and the low salinity during exposure should not cause drinking of seawater for ionoregulatory purposes.2015 August 29, Pål A. Olsvik et al., “Effects of mining chemicals on fish: exposure to tailings containing Lilaflot D817M induces CYP1A transcription in Atlantic salmon smolt”, in BMC Research...

Origin of ionoregulatory

From iono- + regulatory.

Questions about ionoregulatory

What does ionoregulatory mean?
Ionoregulatory means related to ionoregulation.
What part of speech is ionoregulatory?
Ionoregulatory is an adjective.

Words near ionoregulatory in the dictionary

  1. ionophoretic
  2. ionophoretically
  3. ionophoric
  4. Ionopolis
  5. ionoregulation
  6. ionoregulatory
  7. ionoscopid
  8. ionoscopids
  9. ionoscopiform
  10. ionoscopiforms
  11. ionosonde

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