plasmolysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

Word forms

plasmolysis plasmolyses

Etymology

From plasm + -o- + -lysis.

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