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osmoresistance

osmoresistance noun: resistance to high salt concentrations.

Noun

osmoresistance (uncountable)

  1. resistance to high salt concentrations

Origin of osmoresistance

From osmo- + resistance.

Questions about osmoresistance

What does osmoresistance mean?
Osmoresistance means resistance to high salt concentrations.
What part of speech is osmoresistance?
Osmoresistance is a noun.

Words near osmoresistance in the dictionary

  1. osmoregulative
  2. osmoregulator
  3. osmoregulatorily
  4. osmoregulators
  5. osmoregulatory
  6. osmoresistance
  7. osmoresistant
  8. osmorespiratory
  9. osmoresponse
  10. osmoresponses
  11. osmoresponsive

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