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osmoadapt

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós)der. English osmo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt English osmoadapt From osmo- + adapt.

  1. derived from adaptāre
  2. inherited from *adapten✻
  3. prefixed as osmoadapt — “osmo + adapt”

Definitions

  1. To undergo osmoadaptation.

    • These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for osmoadapt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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