Definition of isosmotic in English:
isosmotic
adjectiveˌʌɪsɒzˈmɒtɪk-säs-
Biology Having the same osmotic pressure.
physiological saline is isosmotic with body fluids
Example sentencesExamples
- A control experiment was performed for each group, in which cells were perfused with isosmotic media.
- Desert gopher tortoises also store dilute urine that buffers evaporative loss and allows them to hold blood osmotic concentration constant, at least until bladder contents become isosmotic with blood.
- Replacement of NaCl for isosmotic sorbitol produced a slight depolarization of the membrane.
- Control experiments confirmed that no volume change occurred following perfusion of cells with isosmotic media.
- This led us to the hypothesis that terrestrial crabs have the option of directing isosmotic urine to organs that, unlike the antennal gland, are capable of producing strong gradients.