Usually means: Cell shrinking due to water loss.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. plasmolyze: Merriam-Webster
  2. plasmolyze: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plasmolyze: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plasmolyze: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plasmolyze: Wordnik
  6. plasmolyze: Wiktionary
  7. plasmolyze: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. plasmolyze: Dictionary.com
  9. plasmolyze: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. plasmolyze: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. plasmolyze: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  To cause, or to undergo plasmolysis

Similar:
plasmolyse, thermolyze, solvolyze, haemolyze, thermolyse, photolyze, micellarize, erythrolyze, photolyse, atmolyse, more...

Opposite:
turgid, swell, expand, inflate, fill

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Similar:
plasmolyse, thermolyze, solvolyze, haemolyze, thermolyse, photolyze, micellarize, erythrolyze, photolyse, atmolyse, more...

Opposite:
turgid, swell, expand, inflate, fill



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