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adj. - Spreading or spread throughout.

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Usage examples (13)
  • It's interesting to see just how permeant virtual memory has become in our everyday lives.
  • "Brain permeant statins might be far more effective than statins that don't get into the brain," says Wolozin.
  • Some molecules move freely across the membrane, some are impermeant or very slowly permeant, and some move across the membrane depending upon pH.
  • 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...
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