plasmolysis
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
-lysis
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
plasmolysis
a shrinking of the protoplasm (the living substance contained in a cell) of a living cell due to loss of water because of diffusion
原形质分离, 胞浆分离, 胞浆溶解
Dissection of plasmolysis
plasmolysis = plasm (mold, shape, form, substance) + o + -lysis (loosening, solution; extended further to mean separation)
plasmolysis = a separation of cytoplasm from the wall of a living cell due to loss of water
Now Repeat my Dissection
plasmolysis = a separation of cytoplasm from the wall of a living cell due to loss of water
Important roots for this word:
plasm
-lysis
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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