osmolarity
Americannoun
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The water it lives in has very high osmolarity, which causes water to constantly diffuse out of the fish’s body.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In an experimental investigation, Paramecia were placed in salt solutions of increasing osmolarity.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The water it lives in has very low osmolarity, which causes water to constantly diffuse into the fish’s body.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In an isotonic solution, the extracellular fluid has the same osmolarity as the cell.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
The measure of the tonicity of a solution, or the total amount of solutes dissolved in a specific amount of solution, is called its osmolarity.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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