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osmose

[ oz-mohs, os- ]
/ ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs- /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

swallow, consume, ingest, grasp, incorporate, understand, comprehend, leak, reduce, flow, ooze, diminish, permeate, drain, clean, winnow, sift, refine, percolate, penetrate

Nearby words

  1. osmometer,
  2. osmometric,
  3. osmometry,
  4. osmond,
  5. osmoregulation,
  6. osmosis,
  7. osmotic,
  8. osmotic pressure,
  9. osmotic shock,
  10. osmous

Origin of osmose

First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from osmosis
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Examples from the Web for osmose

  • Osmose, the movement of fluids through membranes or thin partitions.

    The First Book of Farming|Charles L. Goodrich

  • The following interesting experiment will give you an idea of this process or force of osmose.

    The First Book of Farming|Charles L. Goodrich
British Dictionary definitions for osmose

osmose

/ (ˈɒzməʊs, -məʊz, ˈɒs-) /

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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Medicine definitions for osmose

osmose

[ ŏz′mōs′, ŏs′- ]

v.

To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.
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