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crenation

American  
[kri-ney-shuhn] / krɪˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.

  2. Anatomy. (in erythrocytes) the state of being or becoming shrunken with a notched or indented edge.

  3. a notch between teeth.

crenation British  
/ ˈkriː-, krɪˈneɪʃən, ˈkrɛnəˌtjʊə /

noun

  1. any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure

  2. a crenate formation or condition

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Etymology

Origin of crenation

First recorded in 1840–50; crenate + -ion

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When a more concentrated solution, a hypertonic solution, is injected, the cells lose water to the more concentrated solution, shrivel, and possibly die in a process called crenation.

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