Usually means: Regulates internal osmotic pressure balance.
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▸ noun:  The mechanism, in the hypothalamus, that regulates osmolality by the secretion of antidiuretic hormone

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antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, osmodiuretic, antidiuretic, osmoregulant, thyreostat, aldosterone, antinatriuresis, antihidrotic, osmoticant, more...

Opposite:
hygrostat, thermoregulator, barostat

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antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, osmodiuretic, antidiuretic, osmoregulant, thyreostat, aldosterone, antinatriuresis, antihidrotic, osmoticant, more...

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hygrostat, thermoregulator, barostat



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