Endosmosis

{ } n. [ NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &unr_; a thrusting, impulsion, fr. &unr_; to push: cf. F. endosmose. ] (Physics) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose. [ 1913 Webster ]