electro-osmosis: Meaning and Definition of

e•lec•tro-os•mo•sis

Pronunciation: (i-lek"trō oz-mō'sis, -os-), [key]
— n. Physical Chem.
  1. the motion of a liquid through a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field.
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