Relating to endosmosis, the movement of a liquid through a membrane from a weaker to a stronger solution, the opposite of osmosis.
From 'endosmosis' or 'endosmose' + '-ic' (relating to). The term comes from Greek 'endo-' (inward) + 'osmos' (push/thrust), describing inward fluid movement.
Endosmosis was a confusing term that scientists eventually realized was actually just osmosis seen from the opposite direction—it's the same water molecules shuffling through membranes, but depending on which solution is stronger, it looks like the water is moving 'in' rather than 'out'.
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