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 (exosmosis ).

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endosmosis British  

/ ˌɛndɒsˈmɒtɪk, 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

Etymology

Origin of endosmosis

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

Example Sentences

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 Forel, Auguste

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

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 Ashe, E. M.

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 Forel, Auguste

The vitellus and the membrane of the egg enlarge with the embryo and absorb by endosmosis the nutritive matter necessary for the latter, contained in the maternal blood.

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