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osmoadapt

osmoadapt verb: to undergo osmoadaptation.

Verb

osmoadapt (third-person singular simple present osmoadapts, present participle osmoadapting, simple past and past participle osmoadapted)

  1. To undergo osmoadaptation.
    • These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters.1992, E. J. Carpenter, Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs, page 319

Forms of osmoadapt

third-person singular presentosmoadapts
present participleosmoadapting
past participleosmoadapted
pastosmoadapted

Origin of osmoadapt

From osmo- + adapt.

Questions about osmoadapt

What does osmoadapt mean?
Osmoadapt means to undergo osmoadaptation.
What part of speech is osmoadapt?
Osmoadapt is a verb.
What is the past tense of osmoadapt?
The past tense of osmoadapt is osmoadapted.

Words near osmoadapt in the dictionary

  1. osmium
  2. osmium tetroxide
  3. osmiums
  4. osmlolality
  5. osmo-
  6. osmoadapt
  7. osmoadaptation
  8. osmoadapted
  9. osmoadaption
  10. osmoadaptions
  11. osmoadaptive

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