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| Movement of a fluid from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration |
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| he graduated difference in concentration of a solute per unit distance through a solution. |
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| a means of moving biochemicals, and other atomic or molecular substances, across membranes |
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| Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal concentration of fluid on both sides of the membrane. |
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| having the same osmotic pressure, commonly having physiological osmotic pressure |
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| The process of regulating water potential in order to keep fluid and electrolyte balance within a cell or organism relative to the surrounding. |
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| Swollen or distended, as from a fluid |
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| Transport of substances across a biological membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration by means of a carrier molecule |
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| A single protein or protein complex that traverses the lipid bilayer of cell membrane and form a channel to facilitate the movement of ions through the membrane according to their electrochemical gradient |
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| A channel through a membrane that can be opened or closed by chemical or electrical events |
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