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transpirable, a.|trɑːnˈspaɪərəb(ə)l, træn-| [ad. med. or mod.L. transpīrābilis, or a. F. transpirable (c 1560 Paré): see transpire and -able.] Admitting of transpiration; capable of being breathed through.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 7 Neither would substance of such, be anything so transpirable as were in that Case expedient. 1611Cotgr., Transpirable, transpirable, easie to breath out or through. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 69 So long as we live, our whole Body..is transpirable, and exspirable. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 260 A Bardaque, or Pot, that is Transpirable. 1720Quincy tr. Hodges' Loimologia 212 The Body must be kept transpirable. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 121 To keep the gill-plates lubricated and transpirable by their secretion. Hence transpiraˈbility, the quality of being transpirable.
1864–72Watts Dict. Chem. II. 821 Transpirability of Gases. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 35 The transpirability of the skin. |