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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 (opposed to endosmosis).
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Exosmosis
is always a great word to know.
So is life cycle. Does it mean:
| subject to different laws of growth or specialization |
| the continuous sequence of changes undergone by an organism from one primary form, as a gamete, to the development of the same form again |
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World English Dictionary
| exosmosis (ˌɛksɒzˈməʊsɪs, -sɒs-) | |
| —n | |
| biology Compare endosmosis osmosis in which water flows from a cell or organism into the surrounding solution | |
| exosmotic | |
| —adj | |
| exosmic | |
| —adj | |
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exosmosis ex·os·mo·sis (ěk'sŏz-mō'sĭs, -sŏs-)
n.
The passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium.
ex'os·mot'ic (-mŏt'ĭk) adj.
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