endosmosis
31exosmosis — |eks+ noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by Greek sis) of earlier exosmose, from French, from ex ex (I) + Greek ōsmos action of thrusting or pushing more at endosmosis 1. : osmotic diffusion toward the outside of a cell or vessel 2. : passage …
32osmose — I. ˈäzˌmōs, ˈäˌsm noun ( s) Etymology: from obsolete endosmose endosmosis & obsolete exosmose exosmosis more at endosmosis, exosmosis …
33en|dos|mose — «EHN dos mohs, doz », noun. = endosmosis. (Cf. ↑endosmosis) …
34endosmose — osmosis os*mo sis ([o^]z*m[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. wsmo s, equiv. to w^sis impulse, fr. wqei^n to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids …
35exosmose — osmosis os*mo sis ([o^]z*m[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. wsmo s, equiv. to w^sis impulse, fr. wqei^n to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids …
36exosmosis — osmosis os*mo sis ([o^]z*m[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. wsmo s, equiv. to w^sis impulse, fr. wqei^n to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids …
37Osmose — osmosis os*mo sis ([o^]z*m[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. wsmo s, equiv. to w^sis impulse, fr. wqei^n to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids …
38osmosis — os*mo sis ([o^]z*m[=o] s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. wsmo s, equiv. to w^sis impulse, fr. wqei^n to push.] (Chemical Physics) (a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of… …
39osmosis — noun Etymology: New Latin, short for endosmosis Date: 1867 1. movement of a solvent (as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of… …
40Plasmolysis — is the contraction of cells due to the loss of water through osmosis in plants and bacteria. Osmosis is the net diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane, such as a cell membrane, from an area with a high water potential to an… …
