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Osmosis vs Osmobiosis - What's the difference?

osmosis | osmobiosis |

As nouns the difference between osmosis and osmobiosis

is that osmosis is while osmobiosis is a form of cryptobiosis triggered by increased solute concentration in the solution in which the organism lives.

osmosis

English

(wikipedia osmosis)

Noun

(osmoses)
  • The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of high solvent potential to a region of lower solvent potential through a partially permeable membrane
  • (slang) Picking up knowledge accidentally, without actually seeking that particular knowledge.
    • I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis .
  • * 1999 , Neil Gaiman, Stardust , pages 36-37 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
    • At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis , of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.

    Related terms

    * osmotic * osmose

    Derived terms

    * electroosmosis * endosmosis * exosmosis

    osmobiosis

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia osmobiosis)
  • A form of cryptobiosis triggered by increased solute concentration in the solution in which the organism lives.

    • Derived terms

    * osmobiotic