Definition of "exosmosis" []

• The passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium. (noun)

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• "He finds that the vessels of the body, without undergoing extensive structural alteration, can by exosmosis rid themselves of fluid to an amount of eight per cent. of the body weight of the subject of the experiment."
• "The result is that a current of endosmosis takes place from the water toward the juice in the cells, and a current of exosmosis from the juice toward the water."
• "This process is now to a large extent superseded by what is called the diffusion process, depending on the well known physical phenomena of _endosmosis_ and _exosmosis_."