endosmosis

American

[en-doz-moh-sis, -dos-] / ˌɛn dɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, -dɒs- /

noun

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).

endosmosis British

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

noun

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

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Origin of endosmosis

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

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