autoregulation
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- noun
- /ˌɔːtəˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
- However, the ability of tissue to maintain perfusion due to autoregulation in response to increasing pressure is limited.
Examples
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As external pressure is increased above 18 mmHg, some of the vessels may be mechanically occluded and autoregulation can no longer compensate for decreased levels of perfusion.
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Plants exhibit autoregulation by adjusting their growth processes in response to environmental conditions.
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OK, so down here is positive autoregulation, all right?
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The max effort method is as much about autoregulation as it is about beating PRs.
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So this is again negative autoregulation, but what we're going to do is we're going to explicitly think about the concentration of the mRNA.
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One of the mechanisms involved in autoregulation is the myogenic response first described by Bayliss in 1902 (33).
Academic text (1999) -
In this study, as the external pressure is increased from 3.7 to 18 mmHg, autoregulation (33) most likely produced arteriolar vasodilatation during increasing surface pressure (<18 mmHg) in order to maintain constant perfusion.
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The body's autoregulation helps maintain blood pressure despite changes in activity levels.
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The concept of autoregulation is essential in understanding how systems can stabilize themselves without external intervention.
Synonyms
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The body's way of keeping inside conditions like temperature and water stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
autoregulation = regulation (transparent) = auto + regulate + ion
The word is transparently formed by adding auto- meaning 'self' to regulation.
Etymology
The word autoregulation comes from auto- meaning 'self', as in automatic, and regulation meaning 'rule' or 'control', like regular. So, autoregulation is when a body or system 'controls itself' automatically to keep conditions stable.