OSMOSIS
\ɒzmˈə͡ʊsɪs], \ɒzmˈəʊsɪs], \ɒ_z_m_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of OSMOSIS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Tendency of fluids (e.g., water) to move from the less concentrated to the more concentrated side of a semipermeable membrane.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The phenomenon of the passage of certain fluids and solutions through a membrane or other porous substance. The rapidity of the passage of two fluids separated by a membrane is not always equal; the phenomenon of the more rapid passage is called endosmosis, that of the slower passage is called exosmosis.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The tendency of fluids of different kinds and densities to become diffused through a separating membrane when placed in contact with it; the action produced by this tendency.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The passage of water through a porous septum, in consequence of a difference in osmotic pressure or concentration of the dissolved substances. The osmotic pressure of any solution is dependent upon the number of particles (molecules and ions) in solution and, mechanically measured, it is equal to the gas pressure exerted by the same number of gas molecules in the same volume. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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