Etymology

osmosensitive

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Today it means: sensitive to high salt concentrations Full definition →

English sensitive ← Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekὠθέω (ōthéō)
  2. Ancient Greekὠσμός (ōsmós)
  3. Englishosmo-
  4. Englishsensitive
  5. English todayosmosensitive

From osmo- + sensitive.

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