osmoticumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

osmoticum (plural osmotica)

1. (biology) Any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a cell
   • 1998 June 19, Emanuel Epstein, “How Calcium Enhances Plant Salt Tolerance”, in Science‎, volume 280, number 5371, →DOI, pages 1906–1907:

     Second, potassium is a major osmoticum of plant cells, an especially crucial feature for plants under high-salt conditions, and one requiring controlled partitioning of the element among organs, tissues, and cell compartments.

参照

• “osmoticum”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.