Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Passing through.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Passing through; permeating.
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- adjective biochemistry Able to pass through or into a given
semipermeable membrane orpolymer - noun biochemistry A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
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- adjective spreading or spread throughout
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's interesting to see just how permeant virtual memory has become in our everyday lives.
Simplified | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2009
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"Brain permeant statins might be far more effective than statins that don't get into the brain," says Wolozin.
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Some molecules move freely across the membrane, some are impermeant or very slowly permeant, and some move across the membrane depending upon pH.
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It is certainly true that whatever is trapped inside needs to enhance vesicle replication as well as manufacture from permeant "nutrients" those factors that enhance membrane vesicle replication (since otherwise they would be diluted out as the vesicle replicates).
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I always thought that if my loneliness become a permeant lifestyle as it has appeared to be than I would join a convent and move to Africa and cure sick babies, as I evidently will never have one of my own.
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Using mice whose sperm express a mutant PKA catalytic subunit that is sensitive to the unique cell-permeant inhibitor 1NM-PP1, we found that acute application of the 1NM-PP1 to hyperactivated sperm did not remove waveform asymmetry.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anne E. Carlson et al. 2009
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Cells were then selectively labeled with non-permeant biotin at the apical (left panel) or basal surface (right panel).
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We found previously that the membrane-permeant cAMP analog 8-Br-cAMP increases EOD, AP, and INa amplitude by activating of the PKA pathway
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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I have my one legged uncle's disable sticker that I have on permeant loan.
The RiotACT 2008
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I have my one legged uncle's disable sticker that I have on permeant loan.
The RiotACT 2008
koldewyse commented on the word permeant
Why the hell does Word tell me I'm making this word up? Gah.
April 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word permeant
Clearly, its vocabulary is not as good as yours. :-)
April 10, 2008