endosmosis

[ en-doz-moh-sis, -dos- ]

noun
  1. Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.

  2. Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of lesser concentration to one of greater concentration (opposed to exosmosis).

Origin of endosmosis

1
1830–40; Latinization of now obsolete endosmose<French; see end-, osmosis

Other words from endosmosis

  • en·dos·mot·ic [en-doz-mot-ik, -dos-], /ˌɛn dɒzˈmɒt ɪk, -dɒs-/, adjective
  • en·dos·mot·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby endosmosis

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How to use endosmosis in a sentence

  • This passage is performed by a process to which the names of Absorption and endosmosis have been applied.

    The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
  • What effect on the process of endosmosis can be exerted by Castor or Croton oils, or by calcined Magnesia?

    The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
  • Poisseuille some time ago asserted that a solution of Morphia prevented the process of endosmosis through a dead animal membrane.

    The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
  • A separation into a privileged and a subject-class prevents social endosmosis.

  • If this were otherwise, the valency rule would hardly operate so well in endosmosis, kataphoresis, and precipitation.

    Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for endosmosis

endosmosis

/ (ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs, -dɒz-) /


noun
  1. biology osmosis in which water enters a cell or organism from the surrounding solution: Compare exosmosis

Derived forms of endosmosis

  • endosmotic (ˌɛndɒsˈmɒtɪk, -dɒz-), adjective
  • endosmotically, adverb

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