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osmotica

osmotica is the plural of osmoticum.

Meaning of osmoticum

Noun

osmoticum (plural osmotica)

  1. Any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a cell
    • Second, potassium is a major osmoticum of plant cells, an especially crucial feature for plants under high-salt conditions, and one requiring controlled partitioning of the element among organs, tissues, and cell compartments.1998 June 19, Emanuel Epstein, “How Calcium Enhances Plant Salt Tolerance”, in Science, volume 280, number 5371, →DOI, pages 1906–1907

Questions about osmotica

What is osmotica the plural of?
Osmotica is the plural of osmoticum.

Words near osmotica in the dictionary

  1. osmotic
  2. osmotic pressure
  3. osmotic pressures
  4. osmotic pump
  5. osmotic pumps
  6. osmotica
  7. osmotically
  8. osmoticant
  9. osmoticants
  10. osmotics
  11. osmoticum

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