Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osmosensitivity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-mosen-si-tiv-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The mutant strain exhibited reduced osmosensitivity."

Etymology

Etymology tree English osmosensitive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English osmosensitivity From osmosensitive + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

osmosensitivities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

osmosensation osmosensitive osmosensory

Questions

What does osmosensitivity mean?: An organism's degree of sensitivity to osmotic gradients
Where does osmosensitivity come from?: Etymology tree English osmosensitive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English osmosensitivity From osmosensitive + -ity.

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