osmose
[ oz-mohs, os- ]
/ ˈɒz moʊs, ˈɒs- /
verb (used without object), os·mosed, os·mos·ing.
to undergo osmosis.
verb (used with object), os·mosed, os·mos·ing.
to subject to osmosis.
noun
Origin of osmose
First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from
osmosis
Words nearby osmose
osmolarity,
osmole,
osmometer,
osmometry,
osmoregulation,
osmose,
osmosis,
osmotic pressure,
osmotic shock,
osmous,
osmund
Example sentences from the Web for osmose
Osmose, the movement of fluids through membranes or thin partitions.
The First Book of Farming |Charles L. GoodrichThe following interesting experiment will give you an idea of this process or force of osmose.
The First Book of Farming |Charles L. Goodrich
British Dictionary definitions for osmose
osmose
/ (ˈɒzməʊs, -məʊz, ˈɒs-) /
verb
to undergo or cause to undergo osmosis
noun
a former name for osmosis
Word Origin for osmose
C19 (n): abstracted from the earlier terms
endosmose and
exosmose; related to Greek
ōsmos push
Medical definitions for osmose
osmose
[ ŏz′mōs′, ŏs′- ]
v.
To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.