Look up: osmosis

1. Osmosis
   The process by which solvent molecules pass through a semipermable membrane from a dilute solution into a more concentrated solution.
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2. Osmosis
   The passage of a liquid from a weak solution to a more concentrated solution across a semipermeable membrane that allows passage of the solvent (water) but not the dissolved solids.
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3. Osmosis
   The movement of pure water across a membrane from a compartment with relatively low dissolved ions to a compartment with higher concentrations of dissolved ions
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4. Osmosis
   Diffusion of substances through a cell wall or other membrane.
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5. osmosis
   (Life processes and cells) the movement of water molecules across a semi permeable membrane down a concentration gradient
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6. osmosis
   [n] - diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
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7. Osmosis
   The passage of water from regions of high water potential (pure water or more dilute solutions) to regions of low water potential (more concentrated solutions), across a partially permeable membrane (one that is more permeable to water than to dissolved substances (solutes)), down a water potential ...
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8. Osmosis
   Passage of solvent molecules from a dilute solution through a semipermeable membrane to a more concentrated solution. See also: Osmometry, Osmotic Pressure, Reverse Osmosis.
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9. Osmosis
   The process by which solvent molecules pass through a semipermable membrane from a dilute solution into a more concentrated solution.
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10. osmosis
    Compare with reverse osmosis. Passage of solvent molecules from a dilute solution through a semipermeable membrane to a more concentrated solution.
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11. osmosis
    Osmosis is the flow of a solvent in a system in which two solutions of different concentration are separated by a semipermeable membrane which cannot pass solute molecules. The solvent will flow from the side of lower concentration to that of higher concentration, thus tending to equalize the concen...
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12. Osmosis
    The movement of solvent molecules through a membrane from region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.
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13. Osmosis
    Diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of low salt concentration to a region of higher salt concentration to equalise solution strength
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14. Osmosis
    The diffusion of a solvent through a semi permeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration. The semi permeable membrane is permeable to the solvent, but not to the solute, resulting in a chemical potential difference across the membrane which driv...
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15. Osmosis
    the process of passage of the solvent portion of a lesser-concentrated solution through a semipermeable membrane into a higher-concentrated solution until the two solutions are equal in concentration; plays an important role in water distribution in the body
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16. Osmosis
    Diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane.
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17. osmosis
    The movement of solvent through a membrane impermeable to solute, in order to balance the chemical potential due to the concentration differences on each side of the membrane. Frequently mis-used in the popular press.
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18. Osmosis
    Os·mo'sis noun [ New Latin ] Osmose.
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19. osmosis
    <chemistry> The movement of solvent through a membrane impermeable to solute, in order to balance the chemical potential due to the concentration differences on each side of the membrane. Frequently mis used in the popular press. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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20. osmosis
    noun diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
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21. osmosis
    (oz-mo´sis) (os-mo´sis) the diffusion of pure solvent across a membrane in response to a concentration gradient, usually from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration. This process and the factors that influence it are important clinically for maintenance of adequate body fluids and p...
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22. Osmosis
    • (n.) Osmose.
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23. osmosis
    the spontaneous passage or diffusion of water or other solvents through a semipermeable membrane (one that blocks the passage of dissolved ... [10 related articles]
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24. osmosis
    osmosis (s) 1. Diffusion of a solvent through a differentially permeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to one of high solute concentration. 2. The diffusion of pure solvent across a membrane in response to a concentration gradient, usually from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration. 3. The tendency...
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25. osmosis
    osmosis (ozmō'sis) , transfer of a liquid solvent through a semipermeable membrane that does not allow dissolved solids (solutes) to pass. Osmosis refers only to transfer of solvent; transfer of solute is called dialysis. In either case the direction of transfer is from the area of higher ...
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