Meanings
- uncountablebiologyThe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.
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 28, 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 837-8411 more example
. “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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
- Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
- Englishthermo-
- Englishregulation
- Englishthermoregulation
From thermo- + regulation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 體溫調節 /体温调节
- 體溫調節 /体温调节 (tǐwēn tiáojié)the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Czech termoregulace
- termoregulacethe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Finnish lämmönsäätely
- lämmönsäätelythe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
French thermorégulation
- thermorégulationthe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
German Thermoregulation
- Thermoregulationthe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Indonesian termoregulasi
- termoregulasithe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Italian termoregolazione
- termoregolazionethe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Malay pentermokawalaturan
- pentermokawalaturanthe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Polish termoregulacja
- termoregulacjathe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Russian терморегуляция
- терморегуляция (termoreguljacija)the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Spanish termorregulación
- termorregulaciónthe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Swedish temperaturreglering
- temperaturregleringthe maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Ukrainian терморегуляція
- терморегуляція (termorehuljacija)the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
Cite this entry
thermoregulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoregulation
“thermoregulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoregulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermoregulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoregulation.
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