plasmolysis

English

Etymology

From plasm +‎ -o- +‎ -lysis.

Noun

plasmolysis (plural plasmolyses)

1. (biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.

   Synonym: cytoplasmolysis

Related terms

• cytolysis
• lysis

 

Translations

shrinking of protoplasm

• Arabic: اِنْحِلَال السِيتُوبْلَازْم (inḥilāl as-sītūblāzm)
• Czech: plazmolýza (cs) f (plasmolysis of plant cells), plazmorhiza f (plasmolysis of animal cells)
• French: plasmolyse f
• German: Plasmolyse f
• Greek: πλασμόλυση (el) f (plasmólysi), πλασμολυσία (el) f (plasmolysía)
• Italian: plasmolisi (it) f

See also

• dehydration
• osmosis