SEMIPERMEABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semipermeable mean? 

• SEMIPERMEABLE (adjective)
  The adjective SEMIPERMEABLE has 1 sense:

1. (of a membrane) selectively permeable

  Familiarity information: SEMIPERMEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMIPERMEABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a membrane) selectively permeable

Similar:

permeable (allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through)

 Context examples 

The semipermeable membrane that encloses the cytoplasm of a cell.

(Plasma membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

A tablet covered with a semipermeable film.

(Membrane Coated Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A capsule covered with a semipermeable film.

(Membrane Coated Capsule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal.

(Osmosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Impaired Cell Membrane Integrity consists of activities that interfere with, or restrain, fabrication, construction, or maintenance of the regular structure and function of semipermeable lipid bilayer membranes that surround or reside within a cell.

(Impaired Cell Membrane Integrity, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell Membrane Alteration consists of a change in the quality of the existing state of activities involved in the composition, fabrication, construction, or maintenance of the regular structure and function of semipermeable lipid bilayer membranes that surround or reside within a cell.

(Cell Membrane Process, NCI Thesaurus)