exosmosen.
/ˈɛksɒzməʊs/ Physics and Physiology.figurative.1888 J. Jacobs Fables of Bidpai xxxvi There was an exosmose of ideas and tales between the literate and illiterate.
= exosmosis n.
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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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1828 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 9 104 This action M. Dutrochet calls exosmose or impulse outwards, from the Greek words εξ out and ωσμος, an impulse.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants v. 82 The impairment of the leaves may be attributed to injury from exosmose.
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