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Osmosensitive vs Osmosensitivity - What's the difference?

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Osmosensitive is a related term of osmosensitivity.


As an adjective osmosensitive

is (biology) sensitive to high salt concentrations.

As a noun osmosensitivity is

(nematology|neurology) an organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients.

osmosensitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (biology) sensitive to high salt concentrations

    • Related terms

    *osmoresistance

    osmosensitivity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nematology, neurology) An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients
    • The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity .

    Related terms

    *osmosensation *osmosensitive *osmosensory