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osmolytic

osmolytic adjective: relating to osmolysis.

Adjective

osmolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to osmolysis
  2. Relating to osmolytes

Origin of osmolytic

From osmo- + -lytic.

Questions about osmolytic

What does osmolytic mean?
Osmolytic means relating to osmolysis.
What part of speech is osmolytic?
Osmolytic is an adjective.

Words near osmolytic in the dictionary

  1. osmols
  2. osmolysed
  3. osmolysis
  4. osmolyte
  5. osmolytes
  6. osmolytic
  7. osmolytical
  8. osmomechanical
  9. osmometer
  10. osmometers
  11. osmometric

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