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Plasmolysis is the contraction of cells within plants due to the loss of water through osmosis. It is the cell membrane peeling off of the cell wall and the vacuole collapsing. Plasmolysis occurs when a plant cell's membrane shrinks away from its cell wall. This phenomenon occurs when water is drawn out of the cell and into the extracellular (outside cell) fluid. ...
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The shrinking and separation of the cytoplasm from the cell wall due to exosmosis of water from the protoplast. (2)
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