osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
electroosmosis
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (physics) the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field
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electro- + osmosis
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