Medical Definition of Osmotic shock

1. Passage of solvent into a membrane bound structure due to osmosis, causing rupture of the membrane. A method of lysing cells or organelles. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmotic Shock

osmosensitivity
osmosensor
osmosensors
osmoses
osmosing
osmosis
osmosity
osmote
osmotherapy
osmotic
osmotic diuresis
osmotic diuretics
osmotic fragility
osmotic nephrosis
osmotic pressure
osmotic shock (current term)
osmotica
osmotically
osmoticum
osmotolerance
osmous
osmund
osmunda
osmundas
osmundine
osmundines
osmunds
osnaburg
osnaburgs
oso-berry

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