osmoadapt

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verb

To undergo osmoadaptation.

OriginEnglish adapt ← Middle English *adapten ← Latin adaptō →
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Meanings

verbosmoadapt (third-person singular simple present osmoadapts, present participle osmoadapting, simple past and past participle osmoadapted)

present singular third person osmoadapts · participle present osmoadapting · participle past osmoadapted · past osmoadapted

  1. To undergo osmoadaptation.

    These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters.

    1992, E. J. Carpenter, Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs, page 319

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὠθέω (ōthéō)
  2. Ancient Greekὠσμός (ōsmós)
  3. Englishosmo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  5. Proto-Italic*ad
  6. Proto-Italic*ad-
  7. Latinad-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  10. Proto-Italic*aptos
  11. Latinaptus
  12. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  13. Proto-Italic*apjō
  14. Latinapiō
  15. Latinaptō
  16. Latinadaptō
  17. Middle English*adapten
  18. Englishadapt
  19. Englishosmoadapt

From osmo- + adapt.

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APA

osmoadapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmoadapt

MLA

“osmoadapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmoadapt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osmoadapt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmoadapt.

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