plasmatorrhexis

plasmatorrhexis

 [plaz″mah-to-rek´sis] bursting of a cell from internal pressure.

plasmatorrhexis

An obsolete term that dignified cell rupture secondary to increased intracellular oncotic pressure; cytolysis.

plasmatorrhexis

(plăz″mă-tō-rĕk′sĭs) [″ + Gr. rhexis, rupture] The rupture of a cell with loss of its contents, resulting from internal pressure caused by swelling.