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See: osmosis. The pressure required to prevent osmotic flow across a semi permeable membrane separating two solutions of different solute concentration. Equal to the pressure that can be set up by osmotic flow in this system.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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