Plasmolysis vs. Hemolysis

Plasmolysisnoun

(biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss

Plasmolysis

Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution. The reverse process, deplasmolysis or cytolysis, can occur if the cell is in a hypotonic solution resulting in a lower external osmotic pressure and a net flow of water into the cell.

Hemolysisnoun

(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

Hemolysisnoun

The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.

Hemolysisnoun

lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin

Hemolysis

Hemolysis or haemolysis (), also known by several other names, is the rupturing (lysis) of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma).