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What are the three important functions of the news media?


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Plasmolysis

A process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, causing the cell membrane to detach from the cell wall, typically observed in plants.

Pinocytosis

Cell drinking; a type of endocytosis by which cells engulf and absorb droplets of liquids. Compare with phagocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Net Water Movement

The overall transfer of water from one location to another, often across a membrane, driven by osmosis, filtration, or other forces.

Hypotonic

A term referring to a solution having an osmotic pressure (or solute concentration) less than that of the solution with which it is compared. Compare with hypertonic and isotonic.

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