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osmosensitivity

osmosensitivity noun: an organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients.

Noun

osmosensitivity (usually uncountable, plural osmosensitivities)

  1. (usually) An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients
    • The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity.

Forms of osmosensitivity

pluralosmosensitivities

Origin of osmosensitivity

From osmosensitive + -ity.

Questions about osmosensitivity

What does osmosensitivity mean?
Osmosensitivity means an organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients.
What part of speech is osmosensitivity?
Osmosensitivity is a noun.
What is the plural of osmosensitivity?
The plural of osmosensitivity is osmosensitivities.

Words near osmosensitivity in the dictionary

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

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