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Define osmosis .

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Osmosis (Latin : Osmos = impulse urge ) is a special type of diffusion .
(ii) It represents the movement of water or solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane from the place of its higher concentration (high water potential ) to the place of its lower concentration (low water potential ).
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