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osmotropotaxis

osmotropotaxis noun: tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient.

Noun

osmotropotaxis (uncountable)

  1. tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient

Origin of osmotropotaxis

From osmo- + tropotaxis.

Questions about osmotropotaxis

What does osmotropotaxis mean?
Osmotropotaxis means tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient.
What part of speech is osmotropotaxis?
Osmotropotaxis is a noun.

Words near osmotropotaxis in the dictionary

  1. osmotrophic
  2. osmotrophically
  3. osmotrophs
  4. osmotrophy
  5. osmotropotactic
  6. osmotropotaxis
  7. osmous
  8. Osmow
  9. Osmows
  10. Osmun
  11. osmund

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