osmophilic1
/ˌɒzməˈfɪlɪk/Biology
adjective
Of a microorganism, especially a yeast: living or thriving in an environment of high osmotic pressure (e.g. due to high sugar or salt concentration).
Origin
1920s. From osmo- + -philic, after German osmophil.
osmophilic2
/ˌɒzməˈfɪlɪk/Biology
adjective
= osmiophilic.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. From osm- + -o- + -philic.
- inactivator
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
- in actual fact
- in addition
- in a delicate condition
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inadequately
- inadmissibility
- inadmissible
- inadmissibly
- in advance
- in advance of
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- inadvertent
- inadvertently
- inadvisability
- inadvisable
- in a fair way to do something
- in a heap
- in a heartbeat
- in a hurry