plasmolysis

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plasmolysis

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Etymology

From plasm +‎ -o- +‎ -lysis.

Noun

plasmolysis (countable and uncountable, plural plasmolyses)

1. (biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

   Synonym: cytoplasmolysis

Related terms

• cytolysis
• lysis

Translations

shrinking of protoplasm

Arabic: اِنْحِلَال السِيتُوبْلَازْم (inḥilāl as-sītūblāzm) Czech: plazmolýza (cs) f (plasmolysis of plant cells), plazmorhiza f (plasmolysis of animal cells) French: plasmolyse f German: Plasmolyse f Greek: πλασμόλυση (el) f (plasmólysi), πλασμολυσία (el) f (plasmolysía) Italian: plasmolisi (it) f

See also

• dehydration
• osmosis