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Semipermeable

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1. semipermeable

(of a membrane) selectively permeable

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Semipermeable

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adjective
(esp of a cell membrane) selectively permeable

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Semipermeable

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adjective
allowing some substances to pass; permeable to smaller molecules but not to larger ones, as a membrane in osmosis

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Semipermeable

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adj.
1. Partially permeable.
2. Allowing passage of certain, especially small, molecules or ions but acting as a barrier to others. Used of biological and synthetic membranes.

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