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Noun: osmosis  óz'mow-sis
  1. (biology, chemistry) diffusion of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution (to make the concentrations more similar)

Type of: diffusion

Part of: dialysis

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