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The maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism independent of the temperature of the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwher-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English regulation English thermoregulation From thermo- + regulation.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
體溫調節 /体温调节
(tǐwēn tiáojié)
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Czech:
termoregulace
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Finnish:
lämmönsäätely
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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French:
thermorégulation
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Galician:
termorregulación
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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German:
Thermoregulation
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Indonesian:
termoregulasi
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Italian:
termoregolazione
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Malay:
pentermokawalaturan
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Polish:
termoregulacja
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Russian:
терморегуляция
(termoreguljacija)
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Spanish:
termorregulación
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Swedish:
temperaturreglering
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism
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Ukrainian:
терморегуляція
(termorehuljacija)
— the maintenance of a constant internal temperature of an organism