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osmolysis

osmolysis noun: the rupture of a cell wall due to excessive osmotic pressure.

Noun

osmolysis

  1. The rupture of a cell wall due to excessive osmotic pressure

Origin of osmolysis

From osmo- + -lysis.

Questions about osmolysis

What does osmolysis mean?
Osmolysis means the rupture of a cell wall due to excessive osmotic pressure.
What part of speech is osmolysis?
Osmolysis is a noun.

Words near osmolysis in the dictionary

  1. osmolite
  2. osmolites
  3. osmology
  4. osmols
  5. osmolysed
  6. osmolysis
  7. osmolyte
  8. osmolytes
  9. osmolytic
  10. osmolytical
  11. osmomechanical

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