Osmophile
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Osmophile is a noun meaning (biology) Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells.
Meaning
(biology) Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells.
Word Forms
- osmophiles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include osmophilia, osmophily, halophile, hyperhalophile, halophilism, osmoadaptation.
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