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osmoadapted

osmoadapted is the simple past and past participle of osmoadapt.

Meaning of osmoadapt

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

Adjective

osmoadapted (not comparable)

  1. Modified by osmoadaptation

Questions about osmoadapted

What does osmoadapted mean?
Osmoadapted means modified by osmoadaptation.
What is osmoadapted the simple past and past participle of?
Osmoadapted is the simple past and past participle of osmoadapt.
What part of speech is osmoadapted?
Osmoadapted is an adjective.

Words near osmoadapted in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osmoadapted (page history and authors); osmoadapt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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