osmose
[oz-mohs, os-]
verb (used without object), os·mosed, os·mos·ing.
to undergo osmosis.
verb (used with object), os·mosed, os·mos·ing.
to subject to osmosis.
noun
Origin of osmose
First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from osmosis
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Related Words for osmose
swallow, consume, ingest, grasp, incorporate, understand, comprehend, leak, reduce, flow, ooze, diminish, permeate, drain, clean, winnow, sift, refine, percolate, penetrateExamples from the Web for osmose
Historical Examples of osmose
The following interesting experiment will give you an idea of this process or force of osmose.
The First Book of FarmingCharles L. Goodrich
Osmose, the movement of fluids through membranes or thin partitions.
The First Book of FarmingCharles L. Goodrich
osmose
verb
noun
Word Origin for osmose
C19 (n): abstracted from the earlier terms endosmose and exosmose; related to Greek ōsmos push
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osmose
[ŏz′mōs′, ŏs′-]
v.
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