Medical Definition of Hypoosmotic

1. Describes a cell or other membrane-bound object which has a lower concentration of solutes than its surroundings. For example: a cell in a high-salt-concentration medium is hypoosmotic. Water is more likely to move out of the cell by osmosis as a result. Compare: hyperosmotic. (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoosmotic

hyponychia
hyponychial
hyponychium
hyponychon
hyponym
hyponymic
hyponymically
hyponymies
hyponymous
hyponyms
hyponymy
hypooncotic
hypoorthocytosis
hypoosmolar
hypoosmolarity
hypoosmotic (current term)
hypoovarianism
hypopancreatism
hypopancreorrhoea
hypoparathyroid tetany
hypoparathyroidism syndrome
hypoparathyroidisms
hypopepsia
hypoperfusion
hypoperfusional
hypoperistalsis
hypopharyngeal diverticulum
hypopharynges

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