plasmolysis

/plaz-mol-uh-sis/US // plæzˈmɒl ə sɪs //UK // (plæzˈmɒlɪsɪs) //

塑化作用,塑化,浆溶作用,塑溶作用

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Botany.
- : contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.

Sap vacuoles must be distinguished from spores, on the one hand, and the vacuolated appearance due to plasmolysis, on the other.
It is invisible in the living cell but is evident in plasmolysis.
A diminution of turgor may, on the other hand, be produced by withdrawal of water through plasmolysis.
Maceration, freezing and plasmolysis alike yield poor results.