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浸透圧 (shintouatsu) Japanese meaning: osmotic pressure | Kotomora

浸しん透とう圧あつ

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Meanings

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osmotic pressure

physiology›physics›

Scientific term used in physiology and physics to describe the pressure required to prevent osmosis across a semipermeable membrane.

細さい胞ぼう膜まくを介

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The movement of water across the cell membrane is determined by osmotic pressure.

Kanji

浸immersed, soak, dip
透transparent, permeate, filter
圧pressure, push, overwhelm

Word family

低てい浸しん透とう圧あつ
hypoosmolality; hyposmosis
化か学がく浸しん透とう圧あつ説せつ
chemiosmotic hypothesis
浸しん透とう圧あつ性せい下げ痢り
osmotic diarrhea

Built from

浸しん透とう+圧あつ

Etymology

Compound of 浸透 (shintō, 'osmosis, permeation') and 圧 (atsu, 'pressure'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'osmotic pressure'.