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thermoregulatory

adjective
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Definition of thermoregulatory

: tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature thermoregulatory mechanisms

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 Clients don the spa鈥檚 special sweats, climb into a fancy, hospital-like bed, and get wrapped like a burrito in several blankets tricked out with far-infrared-light technology, meant to kick-start the body鈥檚 thermoregulatory response. — John Januzzi, The Cut, "The Best of New York Health & Self 2018," 6 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of thermoregulatory

1941, in the meaning defined above

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thermoregulatory

adjective
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Medical Definition of thermoregulatory

: tending to maintain a body at a particular temperature whatever its environmental temperature thermoregulatory adjustments

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