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Please explain what osmosis is?

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osmosis is a special type of diffusion that is the movement of WATER particles from an area of high concentration to and area of low concentration across a semi-permeable membrane

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User Nils Ohlmeier
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movement of a solvent (such as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane.

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