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Descriptor
English
:
Osmotic Pressure
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Presión Osmótica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pressão Osmótica
Synonyms
English
:
Osmotic Shock
Tree Number:
G01.374.715.578
G02.640.249
G02.842.700.661
Definition
English
:
The
pressure
required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution.
See Related
English
:
Osmoregulation
Water-Electrolyte Balance
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
History Note
English
:
74(68)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DE
drug effects
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
Record Number:
10174
Unique Identifier:
D009997
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