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osmophilia

osmophilia noun: adaptation to environments with high osmotic pressure.

Noun

osmophilia (uncountable)

  1. adaptation to environments with high osmotic pressure

Origin of osmophilia

From osmo- + -philia.

Questions about osmophilia

What does osmophilia mean?
Osmophilia means adaptation to environments with high osmotic pressure.
What part of speech is osmophilia?
Osmophilia is a noun.

Words near osmophilia in the dictionary

  1. Osmond
  2. Osmondthorpe
  3. Osmons
  4. osmophile
  5. osmophiles
  6. osmophilia
  7. osmophilic
  8. osmophily
  9. osmophobia
  10. osmophobic
  11. osmophobicity

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