Medical Dictionary
homoiosmotic
adj ho·moi·os·mot·ic \ˌhō-ˌmȯi-äz-ˈmät-ik\
Medical Definition of HOMOIOSMOTIC
: having a bodily osmotic regulating mechanism and body fluids that differ in osmotic pressure from the surrounding medium or from seawater <homoiosmotic animals include all the land and freshwater vertebrates>—compare poikilosmotic
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