Relating to or involving chemosmosis, the process by which cells use chemical gradients and osmotic pressure to generate energy.
From chemo- (chemistry) + osmotic (relating to osmosis, from Greek osmos 'push'). This term emerged in biochemistry in the 1960s with Peter Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory.
Your cells' power plants (mitochondria) use chemosmoic gradients—pumping protons across membranes to create an electrical and chemical pushing force that powers your entire body.
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