Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids through membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmosis, the reverse process being called
endosmosis . See endosmosis, osmosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) See
exosmose .
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- noun
osmosis in whichfluid flows through amembrane towards a region oflower concentration
Etymologies
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Examples
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He finds that the vessels of the body, without undergoing extensive structural alteration, can by exosmosis rid themselves of fluid to an amount of eight per cent. of the body weight of the subject of the experiment.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various
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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
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This process is now to a large extent superseded by what is called the diffusion process, depending on the well known physical phenomena of _endosmosis_ and _exosmosis_.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
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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
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Solutions of salt or sugar, denser than the plasma, give them a stellate or crenated appearance (exosmosis) (Fig. 453, d), but the usual shape may be restored by diluting the solution to the same tonicity as the plasma.
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The vessels thus become filled with an unusual quantity of the circulatory fluid, which distends their coats, and facilitates the pouring out, or the exosmosis of the watery portion of the Blood into subjacent cavities or neighbouring tissues.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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_ Probably the most important obstruction to the exosmosis is at the angle close to Schlemm's canal. "
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If, now, by way of my stomach, through endosmosis and exosmosis, I get them more water, the proper conditions will return. "
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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