effective osmotic pressure
n.
The part of the total osmotic pressure of a solution that governs the tendency of its solvent to pass across a boundary, usually a semipermeable membrane.
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- encroach,
- encroachment,
- encrust,
- encrustation,
- encrusted,
- encryption,
- enculturate,
- enculturation,
- encumber,
- encumbrance
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