osmotic cells

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• Osmotic shock — or osmotic stress is a sudden change in the solute concentration around a cell, causing a rapid change in the movement of water across its cell membrane. Under conditions of high concentrations of either salts, substrates or any solute in the… …   Wikipedia

• Osmotic nephrosis — refers to structural changes that occur at the cellular level in the human kidney. cells of, primarily, the straight proximal tubule swell due to the formation of large vacuoles in the cytoplasm. These vacuoles occur in the presence of large… …   Wikipedia

• Osmotic dehydration — is an operation used for the partial removal of water from plant tissues by immersion in a hyper tonic (osmotic) solution. Process Water removal is based on the natural and non destructive phenomenon of osmosis across cell membranes. The driving… …   Wikipedia

• Osmotic fragility — Intervention MeSH D009996 In hematology, osmotic fragility refers to the degree of hemolysis when red blood cells are placed in a hypotonic solution. In general, osmotic fragility is inversely proportional to …   Wikipedia

• osmotic shock — n a rapid change in the osmotic pressure (as by transfer to a medium of different concentration) affecting a living system * * * exposure of membrane bound stuctures to an extremely hypotonic environment, which results in rupture of the membrane… …   Medical dictionary

• Osmotic pressure — Morse equation redirects here. For the potential energy of a diatomic molecule, see Morse potential. For the functions in differential topology, see Morse theory. Osmotic pressure on red blood cells Osmotic pressure is the pressure which needs to …   Wikipedia

• Osmotic power — Renewable energy Biofuel Biomass Geothermal Hydroelectricity Solar energy Tidal power Wave power Wind power …   Wikipedia

• osmotic shock — Passage of solvent into a membrane bound structure due to osmosis, causing rupture of the membrane. A method of lysing cells or organelles …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• osmotic demyelination syndrome — a form of central pontine myelinolysis that occurs when a patient with chronic hypernatremia has the condition corrected too quickly, so that cells of the central nervous system experience the cerebrospinal fluid as being hypertonic …   Medical dictionary

• osmoticshock — osmotic shock n. The rupture of bacterial or other cells in a solution following a sudden reduction in osmotic pressure. Osmotic shock is sometimes induced to release cellular components for biochemical analysis. * * * …   Universalium

• hypotonic — Osmotic potential less than that of living cells. Cells placed in a hypotonic solution will absorb water and display swelling and turgidity. Opposite: hypertonic …   Glossary of Biotechnology