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osmoticum

osmoticum noun: any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a cell.

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

Forms of osmoticum

pluralosmotica

Origin of osmoticum

From 1961 osmotic + Latin -um (“Latin neuter noun ending”) on model of Latin -um nouns. First attested in American Journal of Botany.

Questions about osmoticum

What does osmoticum mean?
Osmoticum means any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a cell.
What part of speech is osmoticum?
Osmoticum is a noun.
What is the plural of osmoticum?
The plural of osmoticum is osmotica.

Words near osmoticum in the dictionary

  1. osmotica
  2. osmotically
  3. osmoticant
  4. osmoticants
  5. osmotics
  6. osmoticum
  7. osmotin
  8. osmoting
  9. osmotins
  10. osmotolerance
  11. osmotolerances

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