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osmosensitivity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, nematology, neurology, neuroscience, sciences, zoology

Examples

  • The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English osmosensitive Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English osmosensitivity From osmosensitive + -ity.