The same kind of semipermeable membrane that surrounds our cells can form spontaneously from the right mix of phospholipids in water.
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Semipermeable
//ˌsɛmiˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl//
Synonyms for "semipermeable" (1 found)
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15 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- полупропусклив adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 半透的 adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Finnish
1 entries- puoliläpäisevä adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
French
1 entries- semiperméable adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
German
1 entries- halbdurchlässig adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Greek
1 entries- ημιπερατός adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemipermeábilis adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Italian
1 entries- semipermeabile adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Māori
1 entries- tukutaritari adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nîvdelînbar adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Russian
1 entries- полупроница́емый adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Spanish
1 entries- semipermeable adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Turkish
2 entries- seçici geçirgen adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
- yarı geçirgen adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bán thấm adj (permeable to some things and not to others)
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