diffusible
- adjective
- /dɪˈfjuːzəbl/
- Specialized
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difusible
- In the laboratory, the researchers found that glucose is a diffusible substance, easily passing through the cell membrane.
Examples
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Certain nutrients are diffusible and can move from the soil into the roots of plants without much resistance.
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You can also or retract from the surface or they can be diffusible factors also.
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Elsewhere, Harold mentions morphogens: diffusible proteins in the developing embryo of Drosophila that bring about a grid of gradients.
Academic text (2003) -
Are gap junctions and myoendothelial junctions the sole mode of inter-endothelial and endothelial-SMC transmission, or are diffusible factors also involved?
Academic text (2017) -
The medication works best because it contains a diffusible compound that spreads quickly throughout the bloodstream.
Synonyms
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Spreads slowly through a material, like ink in water
Spreading through every part of something, like a smell or feeling
Likely to spread widely, for example news or disease
Spreading through a place or group and affecting everything there
Able to dissolve and mix easily in water
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word diffusible comes from the parts dis- ('apart') and fundere ('to pour'), so imagine something being 'poured out' in all directions like water spreading. That's why diffusible describes something that can spread or pass through an area, for example oxygen or a smell moving through a room.