crenation

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crenatus (“scalloped, notched”).

Noun

crenation (countable and uncountable, plural crenations)

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.

Anagrams

• container, cotarnine, narcotine