exosmosis

American  

[ek-sos-moh-sis, ek-soz-] / ˌɛk sɒsˈmoʊ sɪs, ˌɛk sɒz- /

noun

1. Biology. osmosis toward the outside of a cell or vessel.

2. Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of greater concentration to one of lower concentration (endosmosis ).

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exosmosis British  

/ -ˈsɒs-, -sɒs-, ˌɛksɒzˈmɒtɪk, ˌɛksɒzˈməʊsɪs, ɛkˈsɒzmɪk, -sɒs- /

noun

1. biology osmosis in which water flows from a cell or organism into the surrounding solution Compare endosmosis

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Other Word Forms

• exosmotic adjective
• exosmotically adverb

Etymology

Origin of exosmosis

1830–40; Latinization of now obsolete exosmose < French; ex- ², osmosis

Example Sentences

If, now, by way of my stomach, through endosmosis and exosmosis, I get them more water, the proper conditions will return.''

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

The result is that a current of endosmosis takes place from the water toward the juice in the cells, and a current of exosmosis from the juice toward the water.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various

This process is now to a large extent superseded by what is called the diffusion process, depending on the well known physical phenomena of endosmosis and exosmosis.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various