Osmosis

osmosis
diffusion of substances through a semipermeable membrane
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Osmosis is the diffusion of a liquid (most often assumed to be water, but it can be any liquid solvent) through a partially-permeable membrane from a region of low solvent potential to a region of high solvent potential.
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Definition of osmosis :
Bulk flow of water through a semipermeable membrane into another aqueous compartment containing solute at a higher concentration.
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Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration.
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Testing the Chemiosmosis Theory
Several kinds of evidence support the chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthesis in chloroplasts.
Link to discussion of the chemiosmosis in chloroplasts.
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Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a differentially permeable membrane (see "Diffusion" above).
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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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osmosis Diffusion of water molecules across a membrane in response to differences in solute concentration. Water moves from areas of high-water/low-solute concentration to areas of low-water/high-solute concentration.
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osmosis
(oz-moh-sis) [Gk. osmos, impulse, thrust]
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.
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osmosis - movement of solvent from low concentration of solute molecules to high concentration of solute molecules. The solvent moves from a hypotonic to a hypertonic solution.
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osmosis: the movement of water molecules across a membrane from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
ovary: an endocrine gland that secretes estrogens.
In plants, the structure of the pistil where the ovules are enclosed.
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osmosis The movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane due to the existence of a concentration gradient.
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(diffusion, osmosis, cell cycle/mitosis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration)
Diagram/label cell membrane structure and describe interactions with environment.
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The process of either diffusion or osmosis. Usually associated with diffusion through a membrane channel that requires no direct energy (like ATP).
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All societies inculcate the mores and practices of the group into their young. Such processes may occur as if by intellectual osmosis, but often formal training and initiation rites develop as part of a system of education.
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orosomucoid An old term for a1-acid glycoprotein -osis full of osmosis Bulk flow of water through a semipermeable membrane into another aqueous compartment containing solute at a higher concentration.
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