Word
osmosis, n.
(osmoses)
(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
<noun.process>
osmosis
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
osmotic
semantic pointers
part holonym
dialysis
domain of synset (topic)
biology, biological science
chemistry, chemical science
hypernym
diffusion
hyponym
reverse osmosis