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osmole

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osmole [′äz‚mōl]
(chemistry)
The unit of osmolarity equal to the osmolarity of a solution that exerts an osmotic pressure equal to that of an ideal solution of a nondissociating substance that has a concentration of 1 mole of solute per liter of solution.
The unit of osmolality equal to the osmolality of a solution that exerts an osmotic pressure equal to that of an ideal solution of a nondissociating substance that has a concentration of 1 mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.


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This is because water can be excreted with nonelectrolyte osmoles (under physiologic conditions, this nonelectrolyte osmole in the urine is typically urea).
sg] depends on the total osmotic load consumed and the number of osmoles in vitamin tablets is small compared to the total osmotic load of daily food intake, vitamin ingestion does not influence [U.
Thus, only 16 of the 35 unmeasured osmoles could be accounted for by the existing ethanol, leaving a residual osmolar gap (Formula 4) of 19.
 
 
 
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