Definitions for osmosis

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osmosis os·mo·sis

Spelling: [oz-moh-sis, os-]

IPA: /ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs-/

Osmosis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in osmosis (imoosss).

Definitions for osmosis

noun

1. Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
2. a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling:

Origin of osmosis

1865-70; Latinized form of now obsolete osmose osmosis, extracted from endosmose endosmosis, exosmose exosmosis French, equivalent to end- end-, ex-

Examples for osmosis

The interchange between the fluid outside the vessels and the blood fluid takes place by means of filtration and osmosis.

It then passes into the cells by osmosis, and there becomes part of the cell sap.

Without the process of osmosis we should be unable to use much of the food we eat.

In other words, it receives its nourishment from the mother by absorption or osmosis.

The molecular concentration of tissue and blood fluid is constantly being equalized by the process of osmosis.

The peptones and sugar pass by osmosis into the blood-vessels of the portal system and thence to the liver.

I do believe in the osmosis of evil, in the diffusion of villainy, in the corruption of the soul.

The first experiment in physiogeny was the discovery of osmosis by the Abb Nollet in 1748.

Nourishment passes through them by a simple process of osmosis.

This osmosis is an indispensable condition in the vital process.