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osmoresponsive

osmoresponsive adjective: whose transcriptional expression is altered by changes in the osmolarity of the environment.

Adjective

osmoresponsive (not comparable)

  1. whose transcriptional expression is altered by changes in the osmolarity of the environment
  2. Relating to osmoresponse

Origin of osmoresponsive

From osmo- + responsive.

Words formed from osmoresponsive

Questions about osmoresponsive

What does osmoresponsive mean?
Osmoresponsive means whose transcriptional expression is altered by changes in the osmolarity of the environment.
What part of speech is osmoresponsive?
Osmoresponsive is an adjective.

Words near osmoresponsive in the dictionary

  1. osmoresistance
  2. osmoresistant
  3. osmorespiratory
  4. osmoresponse
  5. osmoresponses
  6. osmoresponsive
  7. osmoresponsiveness
  8. osmoscope
  9. osmoscopes
  10. osmose
  11. osmosed

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