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hyperosmosis

hyperosmosis noun: abnormally rapid osmosis.

Noun

hyperosmosis (uncountable)

  1. Abnormally rapid osmosis

Origin of hyperosmosis

From hyper- + osmosis.

Questions about hyperosmosis

What does hyperosmosis mean?
Hyperosmosis means abnormally rapid osmosis.
What part of speech is hyperosmosis?
Hyperosmosis is a noun.

Words near hyperosmosis in the dictionary

  1. hyperosmolarities
  2. hyperosmolarity
  3. hyperosmoregulation
  4. hyperosmoregulator
  5. hyperosmoregulators
  6. hyperosmosis
  7. hyperosmotic
  8. hyperosmotically
  9. hyperossification
  10. hyperossifications
  11. hyperossified

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