osmophilicadj.1
/ˌɒzmə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑzmoʊˈfɪlɪk/, /ˌɑzməˈfɪlɪk/ Biology.
Of a microorganism, esp. a yeast: living or thriving in an environment of high osmotic pressure (e.g. due to high sugar or salt concentration). Cf. osmotolerant adj. at osmo- comb. form2 .
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1920 F. W. Tanner tr. A. Guilliermond Yeasts iv. 120 The maximum concentration for spore formation in a yeast depends upon the species. For an osmophilic species like Zygosaccharomyces Mandshuricus the concentration is high.
1960 L. E. Hawker et al. Introd. Biol. Micro-organisms xvi. 380 Sugar concentrations of 50 to 70 per cent effectively prevent the growth of most micro-organisms... A few osmophilic yeasts and bacteria may grow slowly.
2002 Pharmaceut. Technol. (Nexis) 26 58 Isolation of xerophilic fungi and osmophilic yeasts requires specialized microbiological media.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
osmophilicadj.2
/ˌɒzməˈfɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑzmoʊˈfɪlɪk/ Biology.
= osmiophilic adj.
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basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
1936 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 23 12 His results were especially interesting in that he used various new fixatives absolutely free of osmic acid, which eliminated possible errors due to diverse osmophilic substances.
1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 656/1 The appearance of osmophilic densities in the zones of lamellar discontinuity at the nodes of Ranvier.
1990 BioFactors 2 135/2 Most obviously, the matrix of the quiescent granule of the unstimulated mast cell..has changed from a dense osmophilic appearance to a swollen dispersed structure.
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