facilitated diffusion
Chemistry and Physiology
noun
Passive chemical diffusion within living tissue which is accelerated or enabled by particular factors; specifically the action of protein molecules in providing channels or acting as carriers for particular molecules across lipid membranes.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in New Phytologist.
- mesothermal
- mesothermic
- mesothoracic
- mesothorax
- mesothorium
- mesotrocha
- mesotrochae
- mesotrochal
- mesotron
- mesotrophic
- mesotympanic
- crown group
- crown head
- Crown Heights
- crown hunter
- crown imperial
- crowning glory
- crowning-in
- crowning jewel
- crownings-in
- crown jewel
- Crown Jewels
- crown knot
- crown labourer
- Crown land