exosmosisn.
/ɛksɒzˈməʊsɪs/ Physics and Physiology.
The passage of a fluid ‘outwards’ through a porous septum, to mix with external fluid.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > through any medium or space > passing through a porous medium > osmosis
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1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 98/2 There is then a current of..exosmosis which enters it [the bladder].
1874 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. 406 The menstrual, and hæmorrhoidal discharge, is rather analogous to the process of exosmosis.
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