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osmosensor

osmosensor noun: any of several classes of organic compound that undergo transitions between "off" and "on" conformations in response to changes in extracellular water activity (direct osmosensing) or resulting changes in cell structure (indirect osmosensing).

Noun

osmosensor (plural osmosensors)

  1. Any of several classes of organic compound that undergo transitions between "off" and "on" conformations in response to changes in extracellular water activity (direct osmosensing) or resulting changes in cell structure (indirect osmosensing).

Forms of osmosensor

pluralosmosensors

Origin of osmosensor

From osmo- + sensor.

Questions about osmosensor

What does osmosensor mean?
Osmosensor means any of several classes of organic compound that undergo transitions between "off" and "on" conformations in response to changes in extracellular water activity (direct osmosensing) or resulting changes in cell structure (indirect osmosensing).
What part of speech is osmosensor?
Osmosensor is a noun.
What is the plural of osmosensor?
The plural of osmosensor is osmosensors.

Words near osmosensor in the dictionary

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

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