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Definition of Autoregulation
1. Noun. (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism.
Definition of Autoregulation
1. Noun. (biology) Any of several physiological processes in which an inhibitory feedback system counteracts change. ¹
2. Noun. The process that maintains a constant flow of blood to an organ despite changes in arterial pressure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Autoregulation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoregulation
Literary usage of Autoregulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"As noted above autoregulation has been demonstrated in the fetal lamb, ...
This autoregulation has been shown to be dependent on an adequate level of ..."
2. Carcinogenic Potency Database, Endocrine Disruptors edited by Lois Swirsky Gold (2000)
"Examples appear to include estrogen receptor autoregulation during vitellogenesis
in some fish and frog species (48) and thyroid hormone receptor ..."
3. Biotechnology: Plant Nutrition: A Bibliography, January 1988-April 1993 by Janet Saunders (1994)
"... product appeared to be involved in autoregulation and it was also shown that the
... to autoregulation. Many regions, dispersed over the entire ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"He holds that the secretion of the enzyme into the surrounding medium is a function
of the living cell, being made possible by autoregulation of the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"This test was performed after completion of surgery. All experiments were conducted
at endogenous MABP which was above the lower limit of autoregulation. ..."
6. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Sassone-Corsi, P.; Sisson, JC; and Verma, IM Transcriptional autoregulation of
the proto-oncogene/05. Nature 334:314-319, 1988. ..."
7. Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 by National Academy of Engineering, Nae (2006)
"Engineering stability in gene networks by autoregulation. Nature 405(6786): 590-593.
Bignell, C, and CM Thomas. 2001. The bacterial ParA-ParB partitioning ..."