Medical Dictionary

homoiosmotic

adj ho·moi·os·mot·ic \ˌhō-ˌmi-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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