endosmosis

[ en-doz-moh-sis, -dos- ]
/ ˌɛn dɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, -dɒs- /

noun

Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.
Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of lesser concentration to one of greater concentration (opposed to exosmosis).

Origin of endosmosis

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

endoscope, endoscopic biopsy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopy, endoskeleton, endosmosis, endosome, endosonoscopy, endosperm, endospore, endosporium

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British Dictionary definitions for endosmosis

endosmosis
/ (ˌɛndɒsˈməʊsɪs, -dɒz-) /

noun

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

Medical definitions for endosmosis

endosmosis
[ ĕn′dŏz-mō′sĭs ]

n.

The passage of a fluid inward through a permeable membrane, as of a cell, toward a fluid of higher concentration.

Other words from endosmosis

en′dos•mot′ic (-mŏt′ĭk) adj.