(idea) by melodrame Thu Nov 23 2000 at 5:54:33

Osmotic pressure is a measure of the tendency of a solution to take up water when separated from pure water by a selectively permeable membrane.

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(thing) by BioTech Mon Nov 04 2002 at 18:58:09

Osmotic pressure is the pressure created when water flows by osmosis through a semipermeable membrane into a chamber containing a high concentration of solutes.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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