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<chemistry> The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent. The osmolality is directly proportional to the colligative properties of solutions, osmotic pressure, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression and vapour pressure lowering.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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