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countertransport

countertransport noun: the transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions.

Noun

countertransport (uncountable)

  1. The transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions
    • Increased Na+/Li+ countertransport activity has been described in a study of parents of proteinuric type 1 diabetic patients, although not in another.2002, Max Ellenberg, Harold Rifkin, et al., Ellenberg and Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus

Verb

countertransport (third-person singular simple present countertransports, present participle countertransporting, simple past and past participle countertransported)

  1. To transport two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions

Forms of countertransport

third-person singular presentcountertransports
present participlecountertransporting
past participlecountertransported
pastcountertransported

Origin of countertransport

From counter- + transport.

Questions about countertransport

What does countertransport mean?
Countertransport means the transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions.
What part of speech is countertransport?
Countertransport can be a noun or a verb.

Words near countertransport in the dictionary

  1. countertransference
  2. countertransferences
  3. countertransferent
  4. countertransferential
  5. countertransferentially
  6. countertransport
  7. countertransported
  8. countertransporter
  9. countertransporters
  10. countertransporting
  11. countertransports

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