endosmosis

noun

1. Biology. osmosis toward the inside of a cell or vessel.
2. Physical Chemistry. the flow of a substance from an area of lesser concentration to one of greater concentration (opposed to exosmosis).

noun

1. biology osmosis in which water enters a cell or organism from the surrounding solutionCompare exosmosis

n.

1. The passage of a fluid inward through a permeable membrane, as of a cell, toward a fluid of higher concentration.