Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The inward flow of a fluid through a permeable membrane toward a fluid of greater concentration.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The transmission of a fluid inward through a porous septum or partition which separates it from another fluid of different density: opposed to exosmosis: see osmosis.

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  • noun osmosis in which fluid flows through a membrane towards a region of higher concentration

Etymologies

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endo- +‎ osmosis?

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Examples

  • This process is now to a large extent superseded by what is called the diffusion process, depending on the well known physical phenomena of _endosmosis_ and _exosmosis_.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various

  • The result is that a current of endosmosis takes place from the water toward the juice in the cells, and a current of exosmosis from the juice toward the water.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various

  • Now, it is pretty well conceded by physiologists, that electricity stimulates the secretory as well as excretory organs; that it furthers endosmosis and exosmosis — by its electrolytic influence in a physical, by its influence on the nervous system in a catalytic manner, in short, and by virtue of these properties, that it greatly

    The Electric Bath George M. Schweig

  • We find therein also a manifest proof and a rational explanation of those grave errors into which the presence of these fatty matters, that have hitherto been scarcely suspected, led so clever and so distinguished a scientist as the illustrious discoverer of endosmosis.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various

  • The reason for this is found in the fact that endosmosis is most pronounced where the blood pressure is greatest.

    Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various

  • In water they swell up, lose their shape, and become globular (endosmosis) (Fig. 453, c).

    V. Angiology. 2. The Blood 1918

  • A separation into a privileged and a subject-class prevents social endosmosis.

    democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education 1916

  • A separation into a privileged and a subject-class prevents social endosmosis.

    Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education John Dewey 1905

  • Soon, however, by a sort of endosmosis to which the densest vanity is somewhat subject, the truth began to seep through and to penetrate into him.

    The Plum Tree David Graham Phillips 1889

  • The biologist imagines this and that about the invisible or hypothetical molecular structure; he assigns different functions to the atoms; some are for endosmosis, others for contraction, others for conduction of stimuli.

    The Breath of Life John Burroughs 1879

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