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Noun.

[NL.

endosmosis

, fr. Gr.

ἔνδον

within + [GREEK] a thrusting, impulsion, fr. [GREEK] to push: cf. F.

endosmose

(Physics)

The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

endosmosis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural endosmoses)

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

movement of ions