Phys. [a. Fr. endosmose, formed by Dutrochet as if ad. mod.L. endōsmōsis: see next. Cf. EXOSMOSE, OSMOSE.] = next. Hence Endosmosic a., of or pertaining to endosmose.
1829. Edin. Rev., L. 159. Endosmose, or impulsion inward.
1855. H. Spencer, Princ. Psychol. (1872), II. VI. xi. 139. Solubility in the saliva, without which its particles cannot be carried by endosmose through the mucous membrane of the tongue.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 423. The vesicle … swells up strongly in water by endosmose, as is shown in Fig. 293.
1835. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 41/2. These filamentary organs … were endowed with an endosmosic power.
