thermoregulatory
adjective
ther·mo·reg·u·la·to·ry
ˌthər-mō-ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature
thermoregulatory mechanisms
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Thurston says that hot flashes are the body's attempt to dissipate heat caused by rapid drops in certain reproductive hormones that impact the hypothalamus, which houses the thermoregulatory centers of the brain.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Migration itself takes energy, and a corresponding spike in heart rate was visible in the data, but that increase only offset a small part of the thermoregulatory gain.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
This could be because short-duration, high-intensity heat resets dormant or dysfunctional thermoregulatory systems in people with depression, says Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist and an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
Deaths in excess of 70 000 people during the 2003 European heat wave, 10 000 people during the 2010 Russian heat wave, and high death tolls from numerous other heat waves1 are staggering demonstrations that extreme climatic conditions are already exceeding human thermoregulatory capacity.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 7 July 2021
Concavenator corcovatus using its hump as a thermoregulatory device, absorbing sunlight in the warmth of a morning sunrise.
—Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2020
How cool is that?Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2016
Importantly, drinking well above thirst doubled the severity of gut discomfort, which likely overshadowed any cardiovascular or thermoregulatory benefits from drinking the additional fluid.
—Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
For similar thermoregulatory reasons, the reverse is also commonly true—in hotter climates warm-blooded animals’ appendages become larger, relative to their body size.
—Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
Migration itself takes energy, and a corresponding spike in heart rate was visible in the data, but that increase only offset a small part of the thermoregulatory gain.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
This could be because short-duration, high-intensity heat resets dormant or dysfunctional thermoregulatory systems in people with depression, says Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist and an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
Deaths in excess of 70 000 people during the 2003 European heat wave, 10 000 people during the 2010 Russian heat wave, and high death tolls from numerous other heat waves1 are staggering demonstrations that extreme climatic conditions are already exceeding human thermoregulatory capacity.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 7 July 2021
Concavenator corcovatus using its hump as a thermoregulatory device, absorbing sunlight in the warmth of a morning sunrise.
—Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2020
How cool is that?Tree-hugging koalas demonstrate a novel thermoregulatory mechanism for arboreal mammals.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2016
Importantly, drinking well above thirst doubled the severity of gut discomfort, which likely overshadowed any cardiovascular or thermoregulatory benefits from drinking the additional fluid.
—Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
For similar thermoregulatory reasons, the reverse is also commonly true—in hotter climates warm-blooded animals’ appendages become larger, relative to their body size.
—Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021
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thermoregulatory
adjective
ther·mo·reg·u·la·to·ry
-ˈreg-yə-lə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-
: tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature
thermoregulatory adjustments
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