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osmosensitive

osmosensitive adjective: sensitive to high salt concentrations.

Adjective

osmosensitive (comparative more osmosensitive, superlative most osmosensitive)

  1. sensitive to high salt concentrations

Forms of osmosensitive

comparativemore osmosensitive
superlativemost osmosensitive

Origin of osmosensitive

From osmo- + sensitive.

Words formed from osmosensitive

Questions about osmosensitive

What does osmosensitive mean?
Osmosensitive means sensitive to high salt concentrations.
What part of speech is osmosensitive?
Osmosensitive is an adjective.

Words near osmosensitive in the dictionary

  1. osmoscopes
  2. osmose
  3. osmosed
  4. osmosensation
  5. osmosensing
  6. osmosensitive
  7. osmosensitivities
  8. osmosensitivity
  9. osmosensor
  10. osmosensors
  11. osmosensory

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