thermoregulation en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.
. “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.
2024 June 19, Dana G. Smith, quoting Kimberly Meidenbauer, “How Heat Affects the Brain”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2024: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].
2023 June 14, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume 16, number 6, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025, pages 837-841:
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Translations (14)
es termorregulación (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · fi lämmönsäätely (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · cmn 體溫調節 /体温调节 (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · de Thermoregulation (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · it termoregolazione (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · ms pentermokawalaturan (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · fr thermorégulation (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · cs termoregulace (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · id termoregulasi (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · sv temperaturreglering (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · ru терморегуляция (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · gl termorregulación (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · pl termoregulacja (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism) · uk терморегуляція (the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism)