Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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osmotic pressure | Yes | No | No | No |
hypotonicity | Yes | No | No | No |
osmotic pressure (noun) | hypotonicity (noun) |
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(physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane | (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic |
(of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other |