adjective
- unable to pass through a membrane or spread by diffusion
Usage: scientific; chemistry; biology
Examples
- Large protein molecules are nondiffusible across cell membranes.
- The nondiffusible particles remained on one side of the filter.
- Scientists used a nondiffusible dye to track cellular processes.
- The membrane allowed water through but blocked nondiffusible substances.
- Nondiffusible compounds require special transport mechanisms to cross barriers.
- The experiment separated diffusible from nondiffusible materials.