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Plasmolysis — is the contraction of cells due to the loss of water through osmosis in plants and bacteria. Osmosis is the net diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane, such as a cell membrane, from an area with a high water potential to an… … Wikipedia
plasmolysis — (n.) 1883, from Fr. plasmolysis (1877), from plasmo (see PLASMA (Cf. plasma)) + Gk. lysis a loosening (see LYSIS (Cf. lysis)) … Etymology dictionary
plasmolysis — plasmolysis. См. плазмолиз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
plasmolysis — [plaz mäl′i sis] n. [ModL: see PLASMO & LYSIS] Biol. a shrinking of the protoplasm of a living cell due to loss of water by osmosis … English World dictionary
plasmolysis — Shrinking of plant cells by osmotic loss of cytoplasmic water. SYN: protoplasmolysis. [plasmo + G. lysis, dissolution] * * * plas·mol·y·sis plaz mäl ə səs n shrinking of the cytoplasm away from the wall of a living cell due to water loss by… … Medical dictionary
plasmolysis — n. a process occurring in bacteria and plants in which the protoplasm shrinks away from the rigid cell wall when the cell is placed in a hypertonic solution. Plasmolysis is due to withdrawal of water from the cell by osmosis … The new mediacal dictionary
plasmolysis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1883 shrinking of the cytoplasm away from the wall of a living cell due to outward osmotic flow of water • plasmolytic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
plasmolysis — (plaz mol ī sis) The process in which water osmotically leaves a cell, which causes the cytoplasm to shrivel up and pull the plasma membrane away from the cell wall … Dictionary of microbiology
plasmolysis — plasmolytic /plaz meuh lit ik/, adj. plasmolytically, adv. /plaz mol euh sis/, n. Bot. contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis. [1880 85; PLASMO + LYSIS] * * * … Universalium
plasmolysis — noun the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss … Wiktionary
