osmotic in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Some act as sensors of osmotic pressure, volume, stretch, and vibration.
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It is the number of solute particles in a unit volume of the solution that directly determines its potential osmotic pressure.
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To maintain osmotic balance, water is retained in the urine.
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A marine fish has an internal osmotic concentration lower than that of the surrounding seawater, so it tends to lose water and gain salt.
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Osmotic shock is a sudden reduction in osmotic pressure, this can cause cells in a solution to rupture.
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Both urea and glucose act as cryoprotectants to limit the amount of ice that forms and to reduce osmotic shrinkage of cells.
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They are widely used in research on plant water relations and provide valuable information on the turgor, osmotic and elastic properties of plant tissues.
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Sodium ions for transport and osmotic balance are provided by sodium chloride.
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Unlike osmotic pressure, tonicity is influenced only by solutes that can not cross the membrane, as only these exert an effective osmotic pressure.
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Vacuoles appear where a significant amount of osmotic dissolution of fiber has taken place.
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