osmometer
Solute pressure gauge
An osmometer is a device that measures osmotic pressure or concentration—the tendency of a solvent to move across a membrane toward a solution with higher solute concentration.
Osmometers are used in laboratories to analyze blood, urine, and other biological fluids, helping diagnose conditions related to fluid balance: The osmometer reading indicated severe dehydration.
Allowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
hypertonic · hypotonic · isotonic · permeability · equilibrium · gradient · tonicity · cellular
Thin tissue sheet
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
- probeThorough examination or tool
sensor · analyzer · detector · gauge · transducer · thermocouple · digital · laboratory
semipermeable
Allowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
diffusion · hypertonic · hypotonic · isotonic · permeability · equilibrium · gradient · tonicity · cellular · homeostasis
membrane
Thin tissue sheet
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
probe · sensor · analyzer · detector · gauge · transducer · thermocouple · digital · laboratory · clinical
molarity
Solute amount per volume
meter, osmosis, osmotic, osmoregulation, isosmotic, osmotically