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Define the term osmosis.

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Osmosis (Latin :Osmos-impulse,urge)is a special type of diffusion .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 potentail).
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