SINCE 1828
osmiophilic
adjective
os·mio·phil·ic
| \ ˌäz-mē-ə-ˈfil-ik
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Medical Definition of osmiophilic
: reacting to or staining with osmium tetroxide usually by the formation of a black deposit
a strongly osmiophilic biological membrane
Other Words from osmiophilic
osmiophily
\ ˌäz-mē-ˈäf-ə-lē
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noun,
plural osmiophilies
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noun,
plural osmiophilies
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