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Turgor vs Plasmolysis - What's the difference?

turgor | plasmolysis |

As nouns the difference between turgor and plasmolysis

is that turgor is the pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane while plasmolysis is the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

turgor

English

Noun

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  • (physics) the pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
  • turgidity

    • 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