thermoregulation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Since vasodilatation is a side effect of diuretics but also occurs in thermoregulation, diuretics should be reduced in meteoropathic individuals to prevent extremely dangerous situations [38, 39]."
- ". “If you’re allocating all of the blood and all the glucose to parts of your brain that are focused on thermoregulation, it seems like it’s very plausible that you just wouldn’t have enough left for some of these kind of higher cognitive functions,” Dr. Meidenbauer said."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English regulation English thermoregulation From thermo- + regulation.
Usage
Frequently Paired Words
endothermy
exothermy