Osmosis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OSMOSIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• diffusion of liquids through a semipermeable membrane
• a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.
• the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.
• movement of a liquid through a membrane
• Osmose.
• (biology, chemistry) 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
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a form of diffusion of a fluid through a membrane

Words related to OSMOSIS

osmoses9 osmotic11 osmotically18

Words that contain OSMOSIS

exosmosis18 endosmosis13 chemosmosis20 chemiosmosis21 electroosmosis18

How to use OSMOSIS in a sentence

• The force of osmosis has no special connection with life.
• In the first place, most of the food when swallowed is not soluble, and therefore not capable of osmosis.
• We must notice, however, that the physical force of osmosis is not the only factor concerned in absorption.
• As the washing period, in such cases, is longer than with normal beets, the sugar in beet cells has time to pass through the outer walls by osmosis.
• The interchange between the fluid outside the vessels and the blood fluid takes place by means of filtration and osmosis.
• The molecular concentration of tissue and blood fluid is constantly being equalized by the process of osmosis.

Similar words containing OSMOSI without suffix s

osmosing11 exosmosis18 endosmosis13 chemosmosis20 chemiosmosis21 electroosmosis18

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