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osmogene

osmogene noun: an apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

Noun

osmogene (plural osmogenes)

  1. An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

Forms of osmogene

pluralosmogenes

Origin of osmogene

From osmo- + -gene.

Questions about osmogene

What does osmogene mean?
Osmogene means an apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.
What part of speech is osmogene?
Osmogene is a noun.
What is the plural of osmogene?
The plural of osmogene is osmogenes.

Words near osmogene in the dictionary

  1. osmodiuretics
  2. osmoeffector
  3. osmoeffectors
  4. osmoequivalent
  5. osmofragility
  6. osmogene
  7. osmogenes
  8. osmograph
  9. osmographs
  10. osmoheterotrophic
  11. osmoheterotrophy

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