Usually means: Sudden change in solute concentration.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. osmotic shock: Merriam-Webster
  2. osmotic shock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. osmotic shock: Dictionary.com
  4. Osmotic shock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. osmotic shock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. osmotic shock: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. osmotic shock: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. osmotic shock, Osmotic shock: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Osmotic shock)

noun:  Osmotic shock or osmotic stress is physiologic dysfunction caused by a sudden change in the solute concentration around a cell, which causes a rapid change in the movement of water across its cell membrane.


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