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osmotaxis

osmotaxis noun: movement of an organism in an osmotic pressure gradient.

Noun

osmotaxis (uncountable)

  1. movement of an organism in an osmotic pressure gradient

Origin of osmotaxis

From osmo- + taxis.

Questions about osmotaxis

What does osmotaxis mean?
Osmotaxis means movement of an organism in an osmotic pressure gradient.
What part of speech is osmotaxis?
Osmotaxis is a noun.

Words near osmotaxis in the dictionary

  1. osmostressed
  2. osmostresses
  3. osmostressor
  4. osmostressors
  5. osmotactic
  6. osmotaxis
  7. osmote
  8. osmoted
  9. osmotes
  10. osmotherapeutic
  11. osmotherapies

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