symport

English

Noun

symport (countable and uncountable, plural symports)

1. The transportation, through a membrane, of molecules of more than one substance at the same time.

Related terms

• antiport

Translations

molecular transport

• Italian: simporto (it) m

Verb

symport (third-person singular simple present symports, present participle symporting, simple past and past participle symported)

1. To simultaneously transport molecules of different substances through a membrane.