plasmolysis

English

Etymology

From plasm +‎ -o- +‎ -lysis.

Noun

plasmolysis (plural plasmolyses)

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

Synonyms

cytoplasmolysis

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

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