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osmoregulate

osmoregulate verb: to regulate osmotic pressure (via osmoregulation, in order to maintain a certain water content, concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).

Verb

osmoregulate (third-person singular simple present osmoregulates, present participle osmoregulating, simple past and past participle osmoregulated)

  1. To regulate osmotic pressure (via osmoregulation, in order to maintain a certain water content, concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).

Forms of osmoregulate

third-person singular presentosmoregulates
present participleosmoregulating
past participleosmoregulated
pastosmoregulated

Origin of osmoregulate

From osmo- + regulate.

Questions about osmoregulate

What does osmoregulate mean?
Osmoregulate means to regulate osmotic pressure (via osmoregulation, in order to maintain a certain water content, concentration of electrolytes, pH, etc).
What part of speech is osmoregulate?
Osmoregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of osmoregulate?
The past tense of osmoregulate is osmoregulated.

Words near osmoregulate in the dictionary

  1. osmoreceptor
  2. osmoreceptors
  3. osmorecovery
  4. osmoregulant
  5. osmoregulants
  6. osmoregulate
  7. osmoregulated
  8. osmoregulates
  9. osmoregulating
  10. osmoregulation
  11. osmoregulations

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