English Explanatory Dictionary

osmostat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mechanism, in the hypothalamus, that regulates osmolality by the secretion of antidiuretic hormone

Word forms

osmostat osmostats

Etymology

From osmo- + -stat.

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