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What does crenation mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
  2. (botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  3. The condition of being crenate.
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Reversal of sickling and crenation in erythrocytes by the root extract of Fagara zanthoxyloides.
Marine amoebae are not in danger of lysis or crenation because seawater and their cytoplasm are isotonic.
Moreover, the present invention will prevent the destruction of red blood cells accelerated by the crenation.

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