symport

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noun

The transportation, through a membrane, of molecules of more than one substance at the same time.

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Meanings

nounsymport (countable and uncountable, plural symports)

plural symports

  1. countableuncountableThe transportation, through a membrane, of molecules of more than one substance at the same time.
verbsymport (third-person singular simple present symports, present participle symporting, simple past and past participle symported)

present singular third person symports · participle present symporting · participle past symported · past symported

  1. To simultaneously transport molecules of different substances through a membrane.

Translations

Italian simporto
  • simportomolecular transport
Cite this entry
APA

symport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symport

MLA

“symport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symport. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symport.

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