endosmosis

[en-doz-moh-sis, -dos-]

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 ).

endosmosis

/ ˌɛndɒsˈmɒtɪk, ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs, -dɒz-, -dɒz- /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• endosmotic adjective
• endosmotically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of endosmosis¹

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