Oncotic pressure

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Oncotic pressure, or colloid osmotic-pressure, is a type of osmotic pressure induced by the plasma proteins, notably albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma (or any other body fluid such as lymph) that causes a pull on fluid back into the capillary.

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