See Also: Pulmonata(medicine)

plasmolyticum (iou) and Pulmonata (medicine)


plasmolyticum (iou)



plasmolyticum noun. . M20.
[mod. Latin, formed as PLASMO- + Greek lutikos able to loosen (from luein loosen).]
Botany. A substance or solution used to produce plasmolysis.
Also plasmolyte noun E20.

Pulmonata (medicine)


pulmonata
<zoology> An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or Garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.

Origin: NL, from L. Pulmo, -onis, a lung.

Source: Websters Dictionary