Dictionary

plasmolysis en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English plasm Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English plasmolysis From plasm + -o- + -lysis.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

cytolysis · lysis · osmosis · dehydration

Synonyms

cytoplasmolysis

Translations (8)

de Plasmolyse (shrinking of protoplasm) · el πλασμόλυση (shrinking of protoplasm) · cs plazmorhiza (shrinking of protoplasm) · it plasmolisi (shrinking of protoplasm) · el πλασμολυσία (shrinking of protoplasm) · cs plazmolýza (shrinking of protoplasm) · ar اِنْحِلَال السِيتُوبْلَازْم (shrinking of protoplasm) · fr plasmolyse (shrinking of protoplasm)