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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Reality always is, in M. Bergson's phrase, an endosmosis or conflux of the same with the different: they compenetrate and telescope.
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William
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
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
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 Aikman, Charles Morton
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.
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