Osmosis is a special type of diffusion that involves the spontaneous passage of water or other solvents through a semipermeable membrane from a region of higher solvent concentration to one of lower solvent concentration. Unlike diffusion in general, osmosis occurs only across a selectively permeable membrane, which permits water or other solvent molecules to pass while restricting solutes.
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