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osmose

osmose verb: to diffuse by osmosis. Also the archaic form of osmosis.

Verb

osmose (third-person singular simple present osmoses, present participle osmosing, simple past and past participle osmosed)

  1. (intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
  2. (transitive) To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Also used as

osmose is also the archaic form of osmosis.

Forms of osmose

third-person singular presentosmoses
present participleosmosing
past participleosmosed
pastosmosed

Origin of osmose

Back-formation from osmosis.

Words formed from osmose

Questions about osmose

What does osmose mean?
Osmose means to diffuse by osmosis.
What part of speech is osmose?
Osmose is a verb.
What is the past tense of osmose?
The past tense of osmose is osmosed.

Words near osmose in the dictionary

  1. osmoresponses
  2. osmoresponsive
  3. osmoresponsiveness
  4. osmoscope
  5. osmoscopes
  6. osmose
  7. osmosed
  8. osmosensation
  9. osmosensing
  10. osmosensitive
  11. osmosensitivities

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