semipermeable

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Adjective [edit]

semipermeable (comparative more semipermeable, superlative most semipermeable)

  1. Describing something that is permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks others substances.

Translations [edit]

something that is permeable to some things and not to others

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