ONCOTIC PRESSURE


Meaning of ONCOTIC PRESSURE in English

(ˈ)än]|käd.ik-, (ˈ)äŋ] noun

Etymology: oncotic probably International Scientific Vocabulary onco- (I) + -tic (as in osmotic )

: the pressure exerted by plasma proteins on the capillary wall and made up of the osmotic and imbibition pressures of the hydrophilic colloid systems in which these proteins exist

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