{
  "osmotic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, caused by, or having the properties of osmosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4t-ik",
      "\u00e4z-\u02c8m\u00e4-tik",
      "\u00e4s-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These must be rinsed, but urchins have no osmotic control to restrict water from entering cell membranes, so even a few splashes of tap water will blow apart the delicate uni into wispy confetti. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to osmotic laxatives, stimulant laxatives are another over-the-counter product that react much more strongly in the gut, causing intestinal muscles to forcibly contract. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 13 Sep. 2020",
      "Sugar alcohols, particularly when consumed excessively, can cause an unpleasantness known as osmotic diarrhea. \u2014 Jenny Mcco, SELF , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "What\u2019s more, osmotic laxatives can cause your blood pressure to drop and even cause permanent kidney damage, Dr. Leavey adds. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 2 Jan. 2019",
      "Comes with a $13,000 per month maintenance fee, which pays for itself in osmotic chicness. \u2014 Rachel Mosely, Town & Country , 16 July 2014",
      "The most common dilators are osmotic ones \u2014 Chavi Eve Karkowsky, Slate Magazine , 30 Oct. 2017",
      "There is some kind of osmotic subconscious process in which all of us decide this or that law is a Good Thing. \u2014 Paul Sassone, chicagotribune.com , 24 Aug. 2017",
      "Vitamin C may also help with one of the side effects of diabetes, osmotic diuresis, which is the leakage of urine into the bodily system. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "osm ose or osm(osis) + -otic entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012635"
  },
  "osmotic shock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rapid change in the osmotic pressure (as by transfer to a medium of different concentration) affecting a living system":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032754"
  },
  "osmotic pressure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the pressure produced by or associated with osmosis and dependent on molar concentration and absolute temperature: such as":[],
      ": the maximum pressure that develops in a solution separated from a solvent by a membrane permeable only to the solvent":[],
      ": the pressure that must be applied to a solution to just prevent osmosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Variables that could affect the viability of the viral membrane could include changes in osmotic pressure , evaporation rates, and pH, Shaman says. \u2014 Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS , 13 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073259"
  },
  "osmosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": 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":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4z-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "\u00e4z-",
      "\u00e4s-",
      "\u00e4s-\u02c8m\u014d-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She seems to learn foreign languages by osmosis .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On an offense headed by midfielders John Ranagan (Johns Hopkins) and Jordan MacIntosh (Rochester Institute of Technology) and attackman Dylan Molloy (Brown), Wisnauskas is content to learn by osmosis . \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
      "The water flows through filters and is pushed by high-pressure pumps, passing through thousands of reverse- osmosis membranes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Walking outside the building that houses the plant\u2019s reverse- osmosis system, Michelle Peters, Poseidon\u2019s technical and compliance manager, stood by a white pipe 6 feet in diameter emblazoned with the words SEA WATER SUPPLY. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Caris spends time every week agitating the brisket to examine the osmosis in action for an average brine time of 26 days. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Reverse osmosis systems are ideal for running water from the tap or fresh water sources from streams and rivers. \u2014 Kayla Hui, Health.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Bernstein was thrilled to feel a part of these events by osmosis , as those in a newsroom do, even if his role was mostly taking dictation from reporters in the field. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "The royal brothers, William and Harry, sense their mother\u2019s sadness by osmosis . \u2014 Thelma Adams, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Reverse osmosis , Pasek explained, would essentially clean any unwanted material from the water. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "earlier osmose in same sense + -osis , after endosmosis, exosmosis ; osmose generalized from endosmose \"passage through a membrane from a region of lower to a region of higher concentration\" and exosmose \"passage through a membrane from a region of higher to a region of lower concentration\" (later endosmosis, exosmosis ), both borrowed from French, from end- end- , ex- ex- entry 2 + -osmose, from Greek \u014dsm\u00f3s \"push, thrust\" (from \u014dth\u00e9\u014d, \u014dthe\u00een \"to push, thrust\" + -(s)mos, resultative noun suffix) + French -ose -osis ; \u014dth\u00e9\u014d, \u014dthe\u00een probably going back to Indo-European *h 2 u\u032fodhh 1 -, iterative derivative of *h 2 u\u032fedhh 1 - \"thrust,\" whence also Sanskrit \u00e1vadh\u012bt \"(s/he) has struck, has slain\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195712"
  },
  "osmous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or derived from osmium":[
        "\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element exhibits a relatively low valence"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare osmic":[
        "\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element exhibits a relatively low valence"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4zm\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "osmous from osm- + -ous; osmious International Scientific Vocabulary osmi um + -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205835"
  },
  "osmic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or derived from osmium":[
        "\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element exhibits a relatively high valence"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare osmous":[
        "\u2014 used especially of compounds in which this element exhibits a relatively high valence"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4zmik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary osm- + -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223430"
  },
  "osmotaxis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a taxis in which a difference of osmotic pressure is the directing factor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from osmo- entry 1 + -taxis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225224"
  },
  "osmic acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": osmium tetroxide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4z-mik-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "osm(ium) + -ic entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233836"
  },
  "osmotactic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to osmotaxis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u00e4zm\u0259\u00a6taktik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from osmotaxis , after such pairs as English hypotaxis : hypotactic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002449"
  },
  "osmund":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various ferns (as the male fern)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English osmunde , from Old French osmonde":"Noun",
      "Middle English osmond , from Middle Low German osemunt , from Old Swedish osmunder":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014349"
  }
}