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Grammar : Noun
Spell : oz-moh-sis, os-
Phonetic Transcription : ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs-


Définition of osmosis

Origin :
  • 1867, Latinized from osmose (1854), shortened from endosmosis (1830s), from endosmose "inward passage of a fluid through a porous septum" (1829), from French endo- "inward" + Greek osmos "a thrusting, a pushing," from stem of othein "to push, to thrust," from PIE *wedhe- "to push, strike" (cf. Sanskrit vadhati "pushes, strikes, destroys," Avestan vadaya- "to repulse"). Figurative sense is from 1900. Related: Osmotic (1854, from earlier endosmotic).
  • noun absorption
Example sentences :
  • In other words, it receives its nourishment from the mother by absorption or osmosis.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
  • I do believe in the osmosis of evil, in the diffusion of villainy, in the corruption of the soul.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Without the process of osmosis we should be unable to use much of the food we eat.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • It then passes into the cells by osmosis, and there becomes part of the cell sap.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • Nourishment passes through them by a simple process of osmosis.
  • Extract from : « Embryology » by Gerald R. Leighton
  • The first experiment in physiogeny was the discovery of osmosis by the Abb Nollet in 1748.
  • Extract from : « The Mechanism of Life » by Stphane Leduc
  • This osmosis is an indispensable condition in the vital process.
  • Extract from : « Are the Planets Inhabited? » by E. Walter Maunder
  • The peptones and sugar pass by osmosis into the blood-vessels of the portal system and thence to the liver.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • The molecular concentration of tissue and blood fluid is constantly being equalized by the process of osmosis.
  • Extract from : « Disease and Its Causes » by William Thomas Councilman
  • The interchange between the fluid outside the vessels and the blood fluid takes place by means of filtration and osmosis.
  • Extract from : « Disease and Its Causes » by William Thomas Councilman

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