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Turgidity vs Plasmolysis - What's the difference?

turgidity | plasmolysis |

As nouns the difference between turgidity and plasmolysis

is that turgidity is the state or quality of being turgid while plasmolysis is (biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

turgidity

English

Noun

(turgidities)
  • the state or quality of being turgid

    • 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