thermoregulation
See also: thermorégulation
English
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Etymology
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From thermo- + regulation.
Noun
[edit]thermoregulation (uncountable)
- (biology) The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.
- 2023 June, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life[1], volume 16, number 6, , archived from the original on 14 July 2025, pages 837-841:
- 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].
- 2024 June 19, Dana G. Smith, quoting Kimberly Meidenbauer, “How Heat Affects the Brain”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 July 2024:
- . “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.
Translations
[edit]the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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