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osmoconforming

osmoconforming adjective: maintaining an internal salinity equal to that of the surrounding seawater.

Adjective

osmoconforming (not comparable)

  1. Maintaining an internal salinity equal to that of the surrounding seawater.

Origin of osmoconforming

From osmo- + conforming.

Questions about osmoconforming

What does osmoconforming mean?
Osmoconforming means maintaining an internal salinity equal to that of the surrounding seawater.
What part of speech is osmoconforming?
Osmoconforming is an adjective.

Words near osmoconforming in the dictionary

  1. osmoconcentration
  2. osmoconform
  3. osmoconformation
  4. osmoconformer
  5. osmoconformers
  6. osmoconforming
  7. osmoconformist
  8. osmoconformists
  9. osmoconformity
  10. osmocytosis
  11. osmodiuretic

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