Definition of Plasmolyze

1. Verb. To cause, or to undergo plasmolysis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plasmolyze

1. [v -LYZED, -LYZING, -LYZES]

Medical Definition of Plasmolyze

1. To cause the dissolution of the cellular constituents. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasmolyze

plasmodium yoelii
plasmogamies
plasmogen
plasmoid
plasmoids
plasmolemma
plasmolyse
plasmolyser
plasmolyses
plasmolysis
plasmolyte
plasmolytes
plasmolytic
plasmolyze (current term)
plasmolyzed
plasmolyzer
plasmolyzers
plasmolyzes
plasmolyzing
plasmon
plasmonic
plasmonics
plasmons
plasmorrhexis
plasmoschisis
plasmosin
plasmotomy
plasmotropic

Literary usage of Plasmolyze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum, Harry Gideon Wells (1907)
"As a rule, old bacteria plasmolyze more rapidly than young, and in some varieties there seems to be a spontaneous plasmolysis, to which has been attributed ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"... which is that those bodies which plasmolyze plant cells pass through the cell membrane of the cell, but not through the protoplasmic layer which follows ..."

3. Physical Chemistry of Vital Phenomena: For Students and Investigators in the by Jesse Francis McClendon (1917)
"The osmotic pressure of solutions that just fail to plasmolyze the cells is equal to the ... Some substances do not plasmolyze cells no matter how great the ..."

4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"Old bacteria plasmolyze more easily than young bacteria, and this is probably due to the former having a thicker layer of protoplasm or semipermeable ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"Old bacteria plasmolyze more easily than young bacteria, and this is probably due to the former having a thicker layer of protoplasm or semipermeable ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Since it has been shown that unfertilized eggs are less permeable to anions than are fertilized eggs, we should expect it to be more difficult to plasmolyze ..."

7. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum, Harry Gideon Wells (1907)
"As a rule, old bacteria plasmolyze more rapidly than young, and in some varieties there seems to be a spontaneous plasmolysis, to which has been attributed ..."

8. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"... which is that those bodies which plasmolyze plant cells pass through the cell membrane of the cell, but not through the protoplasmic layer which follows ..."

9. Physical Chemistry of Vital Phenomena: For Students and Investigators in the by Jesse Francis McClendon (1917)
"The osmotic pressure of solutions that just fail to plasmolyze the cells is equal to the ... Some substances do not plasmolyze cells no matter how great the ..."

10. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"Old bacteria plasmolyze more easily than young bacteria, and this is probably due to the former having a thicker layer of protoplasm or semipermeable ..."

11. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"Old bacteria plasmolyze more easily than young bacteria, and this is probably due to the former having a thicker layer of protoplasm or semipermeable ..."

12. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Since it has been shown that unfertilized eggs are less permeable to anions than are fertilized eggs, we should expect it to be more difficult to plasmolyze ..."

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