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Imbibition and Osmosis
Asked by | 31 Mar, 2008, 08:26: PM
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Osmosis is an active process carried out by living cells. Imbibition is a passive process carried out even by non-living or inert cells.

Imbibition is the absorption of fluid by a solid or colloid, as in a seed swelling in the act of water absorption prior to germination.

Osmosis is the passage of water from a region of high water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane to a region of low water concentration.

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