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permeable

[ pur-mee-uh-buhl ]

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adjective

permeable

/ ˈpɜːmɪəbəl /

permeable

/ pûr′mē-ə-bəl /

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin permeābilis, equivalent to permeā ( re ) to permeate + -bilis -ble

C15: from Late Latin permeābilis, from Latin permeāre to pervade; see permeate

When the intestine is permeable and inflamed, infectious or toxic substances “leak” through the lining into the blood stream.

Eakin did her best to make the division as permeable as possible.

At the same time, it would become a permeable border for Kashmiris, who could move back and forth easily.

After the first poisoning, the epithelia are permanently injured and remain more permeable to protein.

Blankets are to be employed rather than coverlids, as they are lighter and more permeable to perspiration.

When the ground is too hard to be dug, the Necrophori push the carcase further, till they find permeable soil.

The membrane is, however, permeable to the constituents of sea water or to sugar.

The greater part of the superior lobe was permeable to air, and the interlobular tissue contained carbon, in small, hard granules.

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