endosmosis

American  

[en-doz-moh-sis, -dos-] / ˌɛn dɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, -dɒs- /

noun

1. Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.

2. Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of lesser concentration to one of greater concentration (opposed to exosmosis).

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endosmosis British  

/ ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs, -dɒz-, -dɒz- /

noun

1. biology osmosis in which water enters a cell or organism from the surrounding solution Compare exosmosis

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Other Word Forms

• endosmotic
  adjective
• endosmotically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of endosmosis

1830–40; Latinization of now obsolete endosmose < French; see end-, osmosis

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

endosmosis

Its absorption takes place, according to Fischer and Dutrochet, who have investigated the subject at great length, by the process known as endosmosis.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

During the storage of eggs the more aqueous white of egg yields by endosmosis a portion of its water to the more concentrated yolk, which thereby expands and renders its thin containing-membrane liable to rupture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

If, now, by way of my stomach, through endosmosis and exosmosis, I get them more water, the proper conditions will return.''

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

Up to this point the vitellus of the egg, nourished by endosmosis through its membranes, had sufficed for the nutrition of the still very small embryo.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel

There may be, he suggests, in the psychical world, a process analogous to what is known in the physical world as "endosmosis."

From Bergson and His Philosophy by John Alexander Gunn

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