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Definition of Exosmose
1. n. The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids through membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.
Definition of Exosmose
1. Noun. (archaic form of exosmosis) ¹
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Definition of Exosmose
1. a form of osmosis [n -S] : EXOSMIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Exosmose
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Exosmose
Literary usage of Exosmose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiology of the Circulation in Plants, in the Lower Animals, and in by James Bell Pettigrew (1874)
"... and exosmose as Adjuncts of the Circulation.— Without a knowledge of the
physical forces, the true nature of the ascending and descending currents in ..."
2. Elementary Treatise on Mechanics: For the Use of Colleges and Schools of Science by William Guy Peck (1870)
"... and exosmose have been given to currents, flowing in contrary directions
between two liquids, when separated by a porous partition, either organic or ..."
3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1829)
"The substance thus secreted is afterwards expelled by exosmose towards the
excretory canals, or, if they he-obstructed towards the blood-vessels. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1834)
"... and exosmose. By the Rev. J. POWER. The two fluids are supposed to communicate
by means of a capillary tube, which has a stronger attraction for one ..."
5. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"... and exosmose, since atmospheric air is often in contact with the mucous tissue
of the stomach (^ 447£ c). 421. The excretion of urine is the next great ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Ventilation by Morrill Wyman (1846)
"... and exosmose. — Changes which the Blood undergoes in the Lungs. — Aqueous
Vapor expired. —Varies with Amount of Vapor already existing in Atmosphere. ..."
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