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Define osmoreceptors

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Sometimes, the fluid balance of the body gets disturbed resulting in the change in osmotic pressure of an organism. This changed osmotic pressure is determined by osmo-receptor cells which in turn maintain the required fluid concentration through mechanism known as osmo-regulation.

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