milliosmolen.
/ˌmɪlɪˈɒzməʊl/, U.S. /ˌmɪliˈɑzˌmoʊl/ Physical Chemistry.
An amount of an osmotically effective ion in solution equal to a milligram divided by the atomic mass of the ion. Abbreviated mosmol.
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1939 A. T. Shohl Mineral Metabolism ii. 25 This value may be converted to milliosmols as follows.
1959 Pediatric Clinics N. Amer. 6 272 The nephritic patient who is unable to concentrate urine..will need a water allowance..of approximately 3 ml. per milliosmol of total urinary solute.
1972 Science 19 May 815/3 Severely disabled chicks..had plasma osmolality values (in milliosmoles per kilogram) of 335 ± 10 as compared with 309 ± 7 for controls.
1997 New Scientist 19 July 53/2 They can concentrate their urine three or four times as much as humans (1540 milliosmol per litre).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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