osmose

[oz-mohs, os-]

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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

osmosis.

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, penetrate

Examples 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 Farming
Charles L. Goodrich
Osmose, the movement of fluids through membranes or thin partitions.
The First Book of Farming
Charles L. Goodrich

British Dictionary definitions for osmose

osmose

verb

to undergo or cause to undergo osmosis

noun

a former name for osmosis

Word Origin for osmose

C19 (n): abstracted from the earlier terms endosmose and exosmose; related to Greek ōsmos push

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osmose in Medicine

osmose

[ŏz′mōs′, ŏs′-]

v.

To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.