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isosmotic

[i″soz-mot´ik]

having the same osmotic pressure.

i·sos·mot·ic

(ī'sos-mot'ik),

Having the same total osmotic pressure or osmolality as another fluid (ordinarily intracellular fluid); such a fluid is not isotonic if it includes solutes that freely permeate cell membranes.

Synonym(s): isoosmotic

isosmotic

/isos·mot·ic/ (i″soz-mot´ik) having the same osmotic pressure.

isosmotic

[ī′sozmot′ik]

pertaining to a solution that has the same solute concentration (osmolality) as another solution. Also isoosmotic. Compare hyperosmotic, hypoosmotic.

i·sos·mot·ic

(ī'sos-mot'ik)

Having the same total osmotic pressure or osmolality as another fluid (ordinarily intracellular fluid); such a fluid is not isosmotic if it includes solutes that freely permeate cell membranes.

isosmotic

(of two solutions) having the same OSMOTIC PRESSURE.

isosmotic

having the same osmotic pressure.

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Measurements of the osmotic concentration in shrimp haemolymph were adjusted with polynomial functions (Zar 1984) and the isosmotic point was calculated in the intersection with the line of equality.

Osmoregulatory capacity of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei at different temperatures and salinities, and optimal culture environment

amazonicum larvae (zoeae I, II, V, IX) and/or post-larvae exposure to different salinities (fresh water, 6, 12 or 18) about the metabolism and/or intracellular isosmotic regulation.

Effect of salinity on the metabolism and osmoregulation of selected ontogenetic stages of an amazon population of Macrobrachium amazonicum shrimp (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)/Efeito da salinidade sobre o metabolismo e a osmorregulacao de estagios ontogeneticos selecionados de uma populacao amazonica do camarao Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda, Palaemonidade)

variabilis is isosmotic in relation to the medium, whose mean salinity is 38[per thousand].

Osmoregulation in tropical zoanthid Protopalythoa variabilis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)/Osmorregulacao no zoantideo tropical Protopalythoa variabilis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

By 2 d after feeding, the ingested blood meal is isosmotic with the hemolymph, which is about 200 mosm/1 (Sawyer, 1986; Zebe et al.

Investigation into the physiologies of Aeromonas veronii in vitro and inside the digestive tract of the medicinal leech using RNA-seq

The aim of the present study was to examine the renal function of rats after exercise training in aquatic and land environments and to determine the effects of training on volume correction after plasma isosmotic volume expansion.

Aquatic and land exercise training affects renal function in rats under isosmotic volume expansion

These results are physiologically confirmed by the reported isosmotic point for pink shrimp to an external salinity of 28.

Influence of temperature and salinity on growth, survival, and biomass productivity of postlarval and early juvenile pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Burkenroad 1939)

When the trend of increasing TMAO in bony fishes with depth is extrapolated to hadal depths, the point at which the fishes would become isosmotic (osmoconforming) with seawater is 8000-8500 m, coinciding nicely with the maximum depth of fish from database records and observational data.

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The collected fluid was pooled, an isosmotic, anti-coagulant solution (ISO-EDTA: 20 mmol [1.

Exploration of the sea urchin coelomit fluid via combinatorial peptide ligand libraries

Additional energy is expended on isosmotic intracellular ion regulation under salinity stress for both osmoconformers and osmoregulators (for reviews see Schoffeniels and Gilles (1970) and Pequeux (1995)).

Combined effects of dissolved oxygen and salinity on growth and body composition of juvenile green-lipped mussel Perna viridis

Although research on the subject is scant, sponges--unlike terrestrial organisms--are thought to be isosmotic with their surroundings (e.

Anchor ice and benthic disturbance in shallow Antarctic waters: interspecific variation in initiation and propagation of ice crystals

The salinity of the isosmotic point has been associated with better conditions for growth of marine aquatic crustaceans as a result of the supposed physiological comfort and lower energy expenditure with osmoregulatory activity (Silva et al.

Effects of low salinity and low temperature on survival, growth, and energy budget of juvenile Exopalaemon carinicauda

Accordingly, Kalber and Costlow (1966) found that zoeae regulate their hemolymph hyperosmotically to external salinities below 30 ppt and are isosmotic or slightly hypoosmotie at higher salinities.