plasmolyseplasmolyzev.
/ˈplazməlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈplæzməˌlaɪz/ Biology.
transitive. To cause plasmolysis in (a cell). Also intransitive: to undergo plasmolysis.
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1884 Philos. Trans. 1883 (Royal Soc.) 174 855 If..Spirogyra cells be plasmolysed, it will be seen that the whole structure has been much affected.
1888 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. xi. 404 In order to see the primordial utricle better, plasmolyse the cell by running in 10 p.c. salt solution.
1904 New Phytologist 3 80 The contents of a cell so attacked..plasmolize to the centre.
1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxii. 444 Herbicides which act by plasmolysing the tissues may become over-dilute; dusts may be washed off by rain falling after application.
1984 J. W. Deacon Introd. Mod. Mycol. (ed. 2) ii. 27 The plasma membrane is usually closely adpressed to the hyphal wall..so hyphae are difficult to plasmolyse.
2001 Plant Physiol. 125 891 Sieve elements and companion cells did not plasmolyze even in 1.2 M sorbitol, indicating that solute accumulates in the phloem against a steep concentration gradient.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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