osmosensitive

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adjective

sensitive to high salt concentrations

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveosmosensitive (comparative more osmosensitive, superlative most osmosensitive)

comparative more osmosensitive · superlative most osmosensitive

  1. biologysensitive to high salt concentrations

Origin

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

From osmo- + sensitive.

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APA

osmosensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmosensitive

MLA

“osmosensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmosensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osmosensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmosensitive.

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