Plasmolysis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
cytoplasmolysisplasmolysation

Etymology

From plasm + -o- + -lysis.

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