osmoregulatorily

Adverb

osmoregulatorily (not comparable)

1. In terms of, or by means of, osmoregulation.
   • Both are osmoregulatorily active areas, and an external position and/or enlargement will be of competitive advantage in a life in diluted brackish or freshwater.2008, E.V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers, Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (Hydrobiologia - Volume 595), Springer - P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands, page 319
   • Fish from Early Summer-runs would (1) have higher somatic energy reserves, (2) be more reproductively advanced and (3) be more osmoregulatorily 'prepared' for freshwater entry than Later Summer-runs.2009, Crossin, Glenn T., Hinch, Scott G., Welch, David W., Cooke, Steven J., Patterson, David A., Hills, Jayme A., Zohar, Yonathon, Klenke, Ulrike, Jacobs, Melinda C., Pon, Lucas B., Winchell, Paul...