Word info

thermoregulate

Verb

Meaning

thermoregulate (third-person singular simple present thermoregulates, present participle thermoregulating, simple past and past participle thermoregulated)

To regulate the body temperature (by thermoregulation)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Diving-petrel chicks take longer to thermoregulate and have a longer guard phase than other burrow nesters. Source: Internet

In the sugar glider, biparental care allows one adult to huddle with the young and prevent hypothermia while the other parent is out foraging, as young sugar gliders aren’t able to thermoregulate until they are 100 days old (3.5 months). Source: Internet

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