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What is meant by the following biological terms? (i) Crenation (ii) Haemolysis (iii) Plasmolysis

What is meant by the following biological terms?
i) Crenation
ii) Haemolysis
iii) Plasmolysis

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Chrispoh
i)Crenation is Shrinking of red blood cells as a result of water loss by osmosis (when placed in hypertonic solution);

ii)Haemolysis is the Bursting of red blood cells as a result of uptake of water by osmosis (when placed in hypotonic solution);

iii) Plasmolysis is the Shrinking and pulling away of the cell membrane from the cell wall as a result of water loss by osmosis;



chrispohmomanyi answered the question on February 14, 2018 at 10:22

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