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Swimming for a long time in salt water makes the skin of one's finger tips wrinkled. What is responsible for this?

  1. Osmosis

  2. Dialysis

  3. Electrodialysis

  4. Coagulation
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Explanation

Your skin has a special oil known as sebum which lubrictaes & protects the skin (it also makes it a little waterproof). However when you spend a long amount of time in the water the sebum is washed away. When this happens, the water can make its way to your upper layer of skin. The water does this by osmosis,

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