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Cytolysis vs Plasmolysis - What's the difference?

cytolysis | plasmolysis |

As nouns the difference between cytolysis and plasmolysis

is that cytolysis is the pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis while plasmolysis is the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

cytolysis

English

(wikipedia cytolysis)

Noun

(-)
  • The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis.

    • 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