osmose

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Possibly, a spiritual action analogous to exosmose and endosmose, takes place between certain souls.

From The Flight of the Shadow by MacDonald, George

This impairment, as well as the insensibility of six of the leaves, may be attributed to injury from exosmose, caused by the density of the fluids placed on their discs.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

The increase caused by this substance may, I presume, be attributed to exosmose.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

Dr. Nitschke used the secretion for sticking insects to the backs of the leaves; and I suppose that he used a large quantity, which from being dense probably caused exosmose.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

Endosmose and exosmose are the soul of growth; either, alone, would bring death,—death on one side from exhaustion, on the other from over-fulness.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various