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Definition of Osmolar

1. osmotic [adj] - See also: osmotic

Medical Definition of Osmolar

1. Pertaining to or of the nature of osmosis (= the passage of pure solvent from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a membrane which selectively prevents the passage of solute molecules, but is permeable to the solvent). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmolar

Literary usage of Osmolar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Diagnosis and Treatment: Clinical Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... High osmolar contrast ICS Continence Society IVU Intravenous urography ... Low osmolar contrast NIDDK of and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Pabd pressure ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The recoupling is unlikely to be simply due to a change in cytoplasmic osmolar- ity resulting from the injected current: current passed across a junction, ..."

3. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"... decreasing ketones contribution to the osmolar excretion requirements) as well as reducing required urine volume due to the antinatriuretic effect of ..."

4. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... hypo-osmolar stimuli) or nonmyelinated sensory neurons (sulfur dioxide, bradykinin) or a combination of both mechanisms (see figures 1-2 and 1-) (14). ..."

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