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 ( exosmosis ).

endosmosis

/ ˌɛndɒsˈmɒtɪk; ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs; -dɒz-; -dɒz- /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• endosmotic, adjective
• ˌendosˈmotically, adverb

Other Words From

• en·dos·mot·ic [en-doz-, mot, -ik, -dos-], adjective
• endos·moti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of endosmosis¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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What effect on the process of endosmosis can be exerted by Castor or Croton oils, or by calcined Magnesia?

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Poisseuille some time ago asserted that a solution of Morphia prevented the process of endosmosis through a dead animal membrane.

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A separation into a privileged and a subject-class prevents social endosmosis.

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

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