Osmotic Pressure
"Osmotic Pressure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.374.715.578 G02.640.249 G02.842.700.661
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| Concept/Terms |
Osmotic Pressure- Osmotic Pressure
- Osmotic Pressures
- Pressure, Osmotic
- Pressures, Osmotic
Hypotonic Stress- Hypotonic Stress
- Hypotonic Stresses
- Stress, Hypotonic
- Stresses, Hypotonic
Osmotic Shock- Osmotic Shock
- Osmotic Shocks
- Shock, Osmotic
- Shocks, Osmotic
Hypertonic Shock- Hypertonic Shock
- Hypertonic Shocks
- Shock, Hypertonic
- Shocks, Hypertonic
Hypertonic Stress- Hypertonic Stress
- Hypertonic Stresses
- Stress, Hypertonic
- Stresses, Hypertonic
Hypotonic Shock- Hypotonic Shock
- Hypotonic Shocks
- Shock, Hypotonic
- Shocks, Hypotonic
Osmotic Stress- Osmotic Stress
- Osmotic Stresses
- Stress, Osmotic
- Stresses, Osmotic
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