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Crenation vs Plasmolysis - What's the difference?

crenation | plasmolysis |

As nouns the difference between crenation and plasmolysis

is that crenation is the contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells while plasmolysis is the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

crenation

English

Noun

(wikipedia crenation)
  • The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
  • (botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  • The condition of being crenate.

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    plasmolysis

    English

    (wikipedia plasmolysis)

    Noun

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