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

hyponitrite
hyponitrous
hyponitrous acid
hyponoia
hyponoia
hyponoias
hyponychial
hyponychium
hyponychon
hyponym
hyponymies
hyponyms
hyponymy
hypooncotic
hypoorthocytosis
hypoosmotic (current term)
hypoovarianism
Hypopachus
hypopancreatism
hypopancreorrhoea
hypoparathyroidism
hypoparathyroidism
hypoparathyroidism syndrome
hypoparathyroid tetany
hypopepsia
hypoperistalsis
hypophalangism
hypopharyngeal diverticulum
hypopharynges
hypopharynx

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