water balance
noun
: the ratio between the water assimilated into the body and that lost from the body
also
: the condition of the body when this ratio approximates equilibrium
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Diabetes insipidus affects the kidneys and water balance in the body, while diabetes mellitus is a problem with blood sugar control.
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Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Routine tests are ran every few hours to check water quality through pH, chlorine, phosphate, fluoride, alkalinity, total hardness, calcium hardness, turbidity and the Langelier Saturation Index, which determines water balance.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Apples also contain electrolytes essential to maintaining your body's water balance.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Electrolytes regulate many body functions, including water balance, waste removal, and blood pressure.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
Although water deficits are hard to measure globally, one approach is to model water balances by combining rainfall, temperature, geography, evaporation rates, and other factors to estimate water anomalies, where amounts of surface water will be higher and lower than normal.
—Joshua Busby, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2018
The geologists will then observe how the eclipse affected the water balance in Indiana.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
Common Problems With Curcuma Curcuma primarily experiences fungi and disease when the water balance is not maintained.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
In humans, this is usually a region in the brain called the hypothalamus, which regulates temperature, heart rate, hunger, water balance, circadian rhythms, and other essential conditions.
—Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
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Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Routine tests are ran every few hours to check water quality through pH, chlorine, phosphate, fluoride, alkalinity, total hardness, calcium hardness, turbidity and the Langelier Saturation Index, which determines water balance.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Apples also contain electrolytes essential to maintaining your body's water balance.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Electrolytes regulate many body functions, including water balance, waste removal, and blood pressure.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
Although water deficits are hard to measure globally, one approach is to model water balances by combining rainfall, temperature, geography, evaporation rates, and other factors to estimate water anomalies, where amounts of surface water will be higher and lower than normal.
—Joshua Busby, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2018
The geologists will then observe how the eclipse affected the water balance in Indiana.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
Common Problems With Curcuma Curcuma primarily experiences fungi and disease when the water balance is not maintained.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
In humans, this is usually a region in the brain called the hypothalamus, which regulates temperature, heart rate, hunger, water balance, circadian rhythms, and other essential conditions.
—Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
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“Water balance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20balance. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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