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Osmotic Pressure

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Definition: The pressure required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution.  NIM    Other names Osmotic Shock; Shocks, Osmotic; Shock, Osmotic; Pressures, Osmotic; Pressure, Osmotic; Osmotic Shocks; Osmotic Pressures
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Trpv4 protein, rat  0   *TRPV Cation Channels Osmotic Pressure.
Trpv4 protein, mouse  0   *TRPV Cation Channels Osmotic Pressure.
TRPV4 protein, human  0   *TRPV Cation Channels Osmotic Pressure. Nat Cell Biol 2000 Oct;2(10):695-702

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