diffusible
adjective
biology,chemistryspecializeduk/dɪˈfjuː.zə.bəl/us/dɪˈfjuː.zə.bəl/ableto bediffused(=spreadthrough or into asurroundingsubstance):
Cells cancommunicateviadiffusiblemolecules.
Thejellycoatsof the frog'seggsconsist ofsmalldiffusibleproteins.
Opposite
non-diffusible
- Diffusiblefactorssecretedbyneuronscandirectglialcellmigrationfrom adistance.
- Hewroteastudyof the diffusiblefactorreleasedby thejellyof theeggof thetoadBufo arenarum.
- Theratlivercellsproducea diffusibleactivitywhichinhibitsthedifferentiationof embryonalcarcinomaandembryonicstemcells.
- Diffusiblestimulantsandhypodermicinjectionsofstrychnineare theusualtreatment.
Keeping and staying the same
- anti-progressive
- calcification
- calcify
- consistency
- consistent
- continuum
- hover
- invariant
- inveteracy
- leave well aloneidiom
- left
- level off
- peg
- stabilization
- stabilize
- stably
- stay
- steadfast
- wallow
- wouldn't have it any other wayidiom