osmosensitivity

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noun

An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients

“The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity.”

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Meanings

nounosmosensitivity (usually uncountable, plural osmosensitivities)

plural osmosensitivities

  1. uncountableusuallybiologyAn organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients

    The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity.

Origin

From osmosensitive + -ity.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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