endosmosis
Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.
Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of lesser concentration to one of greater concentration (opposed to exosmosis).
Origin of endosmosis
1Other words from endosmosis
- en·dos·mot·ic [en-doz-mot-ik, -dos-], /ˌɛn dɒzˈmɒt ɪk, -dɒs-/, adjective
- en·dos·mot·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use endosmosis in a sentence
This passage is performed by a process to which the names of Absorption and endosmosis have been applied.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandWhat effect on the process of endosmosis can be exerted by Castor or Croton oils, or by calcined Magnesia?
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandPoisseuille some time ago asserted that a solution of Morphia prevented the process of endosmosis through a dead animal membrane.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandA separation into a privileged and a subject-class prevents social endosmosis.
Democracy and Education | John DeweyIf this were otherwise, the valency rule would hardly operate so well in endosmosis, kataphoresis, and precipitation.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for endosmosis
/ (ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs, -dɒz-) /
biology osmosis in which water enters a cell or organism from the surrounding solution: Compare exosmosis
Derived forms of endosmosis
- endosmotic (ˌɛndɒsˈmɒtɪk, -dɒz-), adjective
- endosmotically, adverb
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