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partially permeable membrane

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 276 words | Copyright

partially permeable membrane A membrane that is permeable to the small molecules of water and certain solutes but does not allow the passage of large solute molecules. This term is preferred to semipermeable membrane when describing membranes in living organisms. See osmosis.

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