endosmosis
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Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.
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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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Etymology
Origin of endosmosis
1830–40; Latinization of now obsolete endosmose < French; see end-, osmosis
Example Sentences
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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
This process is now to a large extent superseded by what is called the diffusion process, depending on the well known physical phenomena of endosmosis and exosmosis.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various
The reason for this is found in the fact that endosmosis is most pronounced where the blood pressure is greatest.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
In the placenta the embryonic and maternal vessels without actually communicating, are placed in intimate contact, which allows nutritive matter and oxygen to pass by endosmosis from the maternal vessels to those of the embryo.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
Soon, however, by a sort of endosmosis to which the densest vanity is somewhat subject, the truth began to seep through and to penetrate into him.
From The Plum Tree by E. M. Ashe
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